captainship

noun

Definition of captainshipnext
as in chairmanship

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for captainship
  1. presidency
  2. superintendency
  3. generalship
  4. governorship
  5. kingship
  6. dictatorship
  7. mastery
  8. dominance
Noun
  • What To Know The announcement about Indonesia was made on Monday by Brazil, which holds the presidency of BRICS for 2025.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Nixon went on to win the presidency eight years later and later left office in disgrace following the Watergate scandal.
    Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of presidency
Noun
  • As the superintendency reports, continued archaeological investigations will hopefully reveal more about the tomb and the surrounding necropolis, which may illuminate the social history of the ancient Neapolitan community that used it.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 July 2024
  • The superintendency for the largest suburban school district in southwest Ohio became vacant in January 2023, after former superintendent Matt Miller said a board member bullied him out of his position.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 4 May 2024
Definition of superintendency
Noun
  • In the event, stronger morale, superior generalship, and Russia’s overconfidence (and consequent expectation of a rapid victory) proved of outsize importance.
    Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Ultimately, no one commander can make the difference between winning and losing for Ukraine, O’Brien said, and the issues that Kyiv faces right now — with manpower and weaponry running low — are not ones that can be solved by exceptional generalship.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024
Definition of generalship
Noun
  • Possible heirs to the governorship are in the planning stages, including Lieutenant Gov Jon Husted (R-OH), is widely seen as DeWine’s preferred successor and has taken a position as the front-runner for Vance’s seat in recent days.
    Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Republicans running for governorships did well in the November 5 election, securing eight out of the 11 state races up for grabs.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of governorship
Noun
  • In all this, Jesus was retrieving and modeling some of the remarkable kingship themes from Israel’s own scriptures.
    N.T. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Each period touches on three themes: society, kingship, and beliefs.
    Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of kingship
Noun
  • His first movie in six years, Orphan follows a boy who discovers a dark secret about his origins in the ruins of the 1956 Hungarian uprising against the communist dictatorship.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
  • After all, the Carnation Revolution which overthrew four decades of Salazar’s right-wing dictatorship had happened only six years prior.
    Ana Leorne, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of dictatorship
Noun
  • Before long Fagin passes on his mastery to a new student who goes by the name of the Artful Dodger.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
  • From the surprise drop of 2013’s visual album to the three-act reclamation of Black musical history that began with Renaissance, Beyoncé’s mastery of viral promotion is peerless.
    Mike Wass, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of mastery
Noun
  • His retirement in 1981 spelled the end of a three-decade run of Australian male dominance that included 17 victories in the Davis Cup team event from 1950 to 1977.
    Cindy Shmerler, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Though, in truth, minorities’ dominance of MMA is nothing new.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of dominance
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Thesaurus Entries Near captainship

captains

captainship

captainships

See More Nearby Entries 

Cite this Entry

“Captainship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captainship. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.

Copy Citation

Share

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See All

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

Using Bullet Points ( • )

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

More Commonly Misspelled Words
See All

Popular in Wordplay

See All

Top 12 Sophisticated Compliments

Word of the Year 2024 | Polarization

Terroir, Oenophile, & Magnum: Ten Words About Wine

8 Words for Lesser-Known Musical Instruments

10 Words from Taylor Swift Songs (Merriam's Version)
See All

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Word Game Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
yorkshire terrier dressed up as a doctor
A Visit with the Word Doctor: Medical Terms Quiz Give your vocabulary a checkup