Synonyms of empires

empires

noun

plural of empire

as in conglomerates

a group of businesses or enterprises under one control

the media mogul's empire consists of newspapers, TV stations, and cable companies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conglomerates
• corporations
• organizations
• multinationals
• cartels
• associations
• syndicates
• trusts
• chains
• combinations
• pools
• combines

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of empires

Centuries of blood and thunder have erupted across the stages of the world, as empires rise and fall against the crescendos of Wagnerian imperialism, with the heroics of gods and men alike unfolding in the balance. — Jordan Owen, AJC.com, 7 Nov. 2026

With online servers providing the structure for a living and evolving universe where players fought, traded, and created empires from scratch, its limited visual presentation was no issue. — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026

The dignity of such aspirational, agentic citizenship and its contrast with the legalistic, subject citizenship of colonies and empires left its mark on our own state. — Trygve Throntveit, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

In addition, Brown discusses the current trend of team owners buying into multiple franchises and creating sports empires. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026

The territories at various times have been part of the Russian and Ottoman empires, medieval Kievan Rus’ and earlier civilizations. — Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

The Fantasy Bra Club is a who's-who of supermodels and, now, reality TV billionaires with makeup empires. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2026

More kidslop — hyperstimulating shortform videos engineered to hook young brains and build the online empires of their creators — followed. — Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

In the absence of other forces, empires seldom succumb to a challenger or to barbarians at the gates. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026