Sovereign

//ˈsɒv.ɹɪn//

Synonyms for "sovereign" (230 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Adjective(2 words)
eminentautonomous
Adjective(1 words)
autonomous
Noun(1 words)
crowned head

Strong matches (69)

Adjective(1 words)
independent
Noun(1 words)
lord

Related words (115)

majesticmajestymakingmastermercifulmoidoremonarchmonarchalmonarchialmonarchicmonarchicalnapoleonneutralnonalignednonpartisannumber onenuminousomnipotentomnipresentomniscient
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oneoverbearingoverlordoverrulingparamountpeerpeerlesspermanentperpetualpetty kingpiecepiece of moneypiece of silverplenipotentiarypotentatepound sovereignpredominantpredominatepreeminentprepollentpreponderantpreponderateprepotentprevailingprevalentprimalprimaryprimeprinceprince consortprincelikeprincelyprincipalpurplequeenqueenlikequeenlyradiantrankingregalregnantregulatingregulativeregulatoryreigningroll of coinsrouleauroyalroyal personageroyaltyrulerrulingsacredself governingself-containedself-dependentself-determinedself-directingself-governedself-governingself-reliantself-subsistentself-sufficientself-supportingseparateshapingspeciestarstellarsupereminentsuzerainten-dollar gold piecetetrarchthird worldthird-forcethird-worldtimelesstopflighttwenty-dollar gold pieceubiquitousunboundedunchangingundefinedunlimited
Adjective(2 words)
self-governingsupreme

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4 entries

More specific

2 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

12 entries

etymologically related_to

3 entries

has context

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related to

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similar

2 entries

Translations

211 translations across 69 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • sovran adj (exercising power of rule)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀρχικός adj (exercising power of rule)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مُسْتَقِلّ adj (exercising power of rule)
  • عَاهِل noun (monarch)
  • مَلِك noun (monarch)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ինքնիշխան adj (exercising power of rule)

Asturian

1 entries
  • soberanu adj (exercising power of rule)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • müstəqil adj (exercising power of rule)
  • suveren adj (exercising power of rule)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • батша noun (monarch)
  • хаким noun (monarch)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • сувэрэ́нны adj (exercising power of rule)
  • валада́р noun (monarch)
  • гаспада́р noun (monarch)
  • мана́рх noun (monarch)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • превъзхо́ден adj (exceptional in quality)
  • сувере́нен adj (exercising power of rule)
  • зла́тна ли́ра noun (coin)
  • повели́тел noun (monarch)

Catalan

3 entries
  • sobirà adj (exercising power of rule)
  • sobirà noun (monarch)
  • sobirà noun (coin)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 獨立的 /独立的 adj (exercising power of rule)
  • 自主的 adj (exercising power of rule)
  • 君主 noun (monarch)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • владꙑка noun (monarch)

Czech

4 entries
  • suverénní adj (exercising power of rule)
  • svrchovaný adj (exercising power of rule)
  • panovník noun (monarch)
  • suverén noun (monarch)

Danish

3 entries
  • suveræn adj (exercising power of rule)
  • hersker noun (monarch)
  • suveræn noun (monarch)

Dutch

3 entries
  • soeverein adj (exercising power of rule)
  • soeverein noun (monarch)
  • vorst noun (monarch)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • suverena adj (exercising power of rule)
  • suvereno noun (monarch)

Estonian

1 entries
  • suveräänne adj (exercising power of rule)

Finnish

4 entries
  • erinomainen adj (exceptional in quality)
  • itsenäinen adj (exercising power of rule)
  • suvereeni adj (exercising power of rule)
  • suvereeni adj (exceptional in quality)

French

4 entries
  • souverain adj (exercising power of rule)
  • souverain noun (monarch)
  • souverain noun (one who is not a subject to a ruler or nation)
  • souverain noun (coin)

Galician

3 entries
  • soberano adj (exercising power of rule)
  • soberana noun (monarch)
  • soberano noun (monarch)

Georgian

4 entries
  • დამოუკიდებელი adj (exercising power of rule)
  • სრულუფლებიანი adj (exercising power of rule)
  • სრულძალაუფლებიანი adj (exercising power of rule)
  • სუვერენული adj (exercising power of rule)

German

3 entries
  • souverän adj (exercising power of rule)
  • Herrscher noun (monarch)
  • Souverän noun (monarch)

Greek

3 entries
  • ηγεμονικός adj (exercising power of rule)
  • κυρίαρχος adj (exercising power of rule)
  • ηγεμόνας noun (monarch)

Hindi

4 entries
  • सार्वभौम adj (exercising power of rule)
  • स्वायत्त adj (exercising power of rule)
  • अधिराज noun (monarch)
  • सम्राट noun (monarch)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • szuverén adj (exercising power of rule)
  • uralkodó noun (monarch)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • fullvalda adj (exercising power of rule)

Ido

1 entries
  • rejo noun (monarch)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • berdaulat adj (exercising power of rule)
  • penguasa noun (monarch)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • soveran adj (exercising power of rule)
  • soverano noun (monarch)

Irish

4 entries
  • ardcheannasach adj (exercising power of rule)
  • ceannasach adj (exercising power of rule)
  • banríon noun (monarch)
  • rí noun (monarch)

Italian

4 entries
  • eccezionale adj (exceptional in quality)
  • sovrano adj (exercising power of rule)
  • supremo adj (exceptional in quality)
  • sovrano noun (monarch)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 卓越した adj (exceptional in quality)
  • 独立した adj (exercising power of rule)
  • 自主的な adj (exercising power of rule)
  • 自立した adj (exercising power of rule)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • егемен adj (exercising power of rule)
  • егеменді adj (exercising power of rule)

Korean

3 entries
  • 독립되다 adj (exercising power of rule)
  • 자주적 adj (exercising power of rule)
  • 군주 noun (monarch)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • суверендүү adj (exercising power of rule)
  • суверенитеттүү adj (exercising power of rule)
  • эгемен adj (exercising power of rule)
  • эгемендик adj (exercising power of rule)

Latvian

1 entries
  • suverēns adj (exercising power of rule)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • suverenus adj (exercising power of rule)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • суверен adj (exercising power of rule)
  • владар noun (monarch)
  • владетел noun (monarch)
  • соверин noun (coin)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • സർവ്വാധികാരി noun (monarch)

Manx

3 entries
  • ard-reeoil adj (exercising power of rule)
  • ard-ree noun (monarch)
  • punt airhey noun (coin)

Māori

2 entries
  • awherangi noun (coin)
  • karaune noun (coin)

Nepali

1 entries
  • सार्वभौम noun (one who is not a subject to a ruler or nation)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • suveren adj (exercising power of rule)
  • hersker noun (monarch)
  • suveren noun (monarch)

Occitan

1 entries
  • sobeiran adj (exercising power of rule)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • شاه noun (monarch)
  • قرال noun (monarch)
  • ملك noun (monarch)

Pashto

1 entries
  • مستقل adj (exercising power of rule)

Persian

1 entries
  • مستقل adj (exercising power of rule)

Polish

4 entries
  • niepodległy adj (exercising power of rule)
  • niezależny adj (exercising power of rule)
  • suwerenny adj (exercising power of rule)
  • suweren noun (monarch)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • soberano adj (exercising power of rule)
  • soberana noun (monarch)
  • soberana noun (one who is not a subject to a ruler or nation)
  • soberano noun (monarch)

Romanian

3 entries
  • suveran adj (exercising power of rule)
  • suveran adj (exceptional in quality)
  • suveran noun (monarch)

Russian

4 entries
  • превосхо́дный adj (exceptional in quality)
  • сувере́нный adj (exercising power of rule)
  • влады́ка noun (monarch)
  • власти́тель noun (monarch)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • sòbharan noun (coin)
  • sòbhran noun (coin)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • sùveren adj (exercising power of rule)
  • су̀верен adj (exercising power of rule)
  • suvèrēn noun (monarch)
  • vlàdār noun (monarch)

Slovak

4 entries
  • suverénny adj (exercising power of rule)
  • zvrchovaný adj (exercising power of rule)
  • panovník noun (monarch)
  • vládca noun (monarch)

Slovene

2 entries
  • suveren adj (exercising power of rule)
  • vladar noun (monarch)

Spanish

4 entries
  • soberano adj (exercising power of rule)
  • coya noun (monarch)
  • soberano noun (monarch)
  • soberano noun (coin)

Swedish

4 entries
  • självständig adj (exercising power of rule)
  • suverän adj (exercising power of rule)
  • suverän adj (exceptional in quality)
  • monark noun (monarch)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • higpuno noun (monarch)

Tajik

1 entries
  • мустақил adj (exercising power of rule)

Tamil

2 entries
  • சவரன் noun (coin)
  • பவுன் noun (coin)

Telugu

2 entries
  • సర్వసత్తాక adj (exercising power of rule)
  • సార్వభౌమ adj (exercising power of rule)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kamartīke noun (monarch)

Turkish

3 entries
  • egemen adj (exercising power of rule)
  • müstakil adj (exercising power of rule)
  • kral noun (monarch)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • сувере́нний adj (exercising power of rule)
  • влада́р noun (monarch)
  • влади́ка noun (monarch)
  • волода́р noun (monarch)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مۇستەقىل adj (exercising power of rule)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • mustaqil adj (exercising power of rule)
  • suveren adj (exercising power of rule)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chủ quyền adj (exercising power of rule)

Volapük

2 entries
  • soveränik adj (exercising power of rule)
  • soveran noun (monarch)

Welsh

1 entries
  • sofren noun (coin)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.

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The English sovereign is generally said to reign but not rule.

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Queen Victoria was the sovereign of Great Britain.

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The sovereign completely recovered from his illness.

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