PRINCE Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

prince

noun

ˈprin(t)s

Definition of prince

as in tycoon

a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field a neighborhood in which the city's merchant princes built palaces that shamelessly celebrated their wealth

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Recent Examples of prince The prince didn’t have any luck in blocking Kelce, which comes as little surprise given the Chiefs star knows how to avoid defensive players. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026 The crown prince revealed a bold ambition to transform the kingdom, and the region, by 2030. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026 By the spring of 2018, the crown prince had moved roughly $1 billion to Israel via Azerbaijan for Kushner. — Matthew Cole, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026 Going back to Galadriel, the trailer reveals that there are tensions bubbling under the surface for Galadriel and her Elf prince, Celeborn (Jamie Campbell Bower). — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prince

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prince

Noun

Over those decades, tycoons have leveraged their fortunes to shape the state with their railroads, mines, newspapers, oil businesses and ranching and agriculture.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector will be back as the ambitious social climber Bertha Russell and her railroad tycoon husband George Russell, though their relationship hit some rough waters in Season 3.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of tycoon

Noun

The jewels date back to Sofía’s 1962 wedding to the future King Juan Carlos, with the wider suite gifted by Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos and the matching earrings reportedly presented by her mother, Queen Frederica of Greece.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026
The tour takes guests through the Gilded Age mansion, built in 1904 for furniture magnate Amos Rhodes.

— Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of magnate

Noun

In early English law, the silva forestis was a place for lords to chase game and for ordinary people to gather wood.

— James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026
Colombian police have arrested the wife and daughter of one of Ecuador's most powerful drug lords who was extradited to the United States last year, President Abelardo de la Espriella said Sunday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of lord

Noun

Following Barbados’ removal of the British monarch as head of state in 2021, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda and others have reconsidered their own constitutional arrangements.

— Brooke N. Newman, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
The monarch art will be displayed around a tree, symbolizing their migratory journey.

— Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of monarch

Noun

Then came the handful of decades of the rancheros, the Spanish and Mexican land-grant barons.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
In the 13th century, as the Magna Carta encoded the rights of English barons, the Carta de Foresta laid out the rights of commoners to pasture cattle in the open places among the English forests.

— James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of baron

Noun

The couple was involved in transactions that saw American black bear gallbladders and cougar bones being smuggled into Vietnam, as well as black and white rhinoceros horns, lion teeth and a tiger pelt being illegally imported to Oregon.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
In the bankruptcy, seven sea lions were donated to Sea Lion Splash.

— Valerie Greene, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026