Entry Word: monarch

Function: noun

Meaning: one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority <the ruling monarch of Britain at that time was Queen Elizabeth I>

Synonyms autocrat, ruler, sovereign

Related Words czar (also tsar or tzar), emperor, empress, kaiser, king, lord, mogul, prince, queen, satrap, sultan; authoritarian, despot, dictator, overlord, potentate, tyrant; royalty