DECREE Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

decree 1 of 2

noun

di-ˈkrē

as in edict

a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned the boss doesn't give out many decrees, but he does expect those that are issued to be fully obeyed

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as in ruling

an order publicly issued by an authority a decree issued by the state's supreme court to the legislature

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verb

as in to order

to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority the new supervisor decreed that thenceforth coffee breaks would have a 15-minute limit

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Noun

Editors also printed speeches of major national and state political leaders as well as significant government documents, including sessions of state legislatures and governors’ decrees. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 When Eugène Poubelle, the then prefect of the Seine, issued a decree in 1883 requiring Parisian landlords to provide their tenants with covered containers to hold their waste (instead of tossing it out on the street), few at the time could have predicted the outcome. —

Air Mail, 16 May 2026

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The spectacle was sufficiently embarrassing that the Prime Minister decreed within a week that executions would theretofore be hidden behind prison doors. —

Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026 But the update also decreed that new rooftop solar customers would no longer be credited at the retail rate of electricity when their systems generated surplus energy. —

Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for decree

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Noun

The edict that journalists be accompanied at all times while on Pentagon grounds was introduced in March after a judge struck down an earlier set of restrictions.

— Scott Nover, Washington Post, 18 May 2026
The Chargers’ last game was a playoff loss to Vrabel’s Patriots, so nothing short of an edict from the NFL probably would have stopped the franchise’s social media team from referencing the Vrabel-Russini controversy.

— Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026