PREMIERSHIP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

premiership

noun

Definition of premiership

as in presidency

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Recent Examples of premiership Gyurov has often expressed firm support for Ukraine and signed a security cooperation agreement with Kyiv during his premiership. — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026 Bennett and Liberman have not endorsed Eisenkot and both have their own premiership aspirations. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026 Gyurov, who has often expressed firm support for Ukraine, signed a security cooperation agreement with Kyiv during his premiership. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 And even after a military coup removed Thaksin from the premiership in 2006, his parties remained electoral juggernauts. — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026 The fractures in Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s premiership are beginning to show. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026 Not all of world soccer is united in opposition to Infantino’s premiership, however. — Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026 Van Heel’s family experience with cancer Burnham previously served as Health Secretary under the premiership of Gordon Brown from 2009 to 2010, then as the shadow Health Secretary following Labour’s defeat in the 2010 general election. — Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 23 July 2026 Ali al-Zaidi emerged as a consensus candidate in Iraq after months of deadlock over the premiership following last year’s parliamentary elections. — Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for premiership

Noun

During Bolsonaro’s presidency, from 2019 to 2022, Amazon deforestation surged about 60%, with more than 17,400 square miles cleared, according to official data.

— Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Let’s help him and his amazing staff make the most of the last half of his presidency by getting out there and voting in 2 weeks!

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of presidency

Noun

His raspy voice, his beard, his missing finger and the cadence of his speech have been fixtures of Brazilian public life since Brazil’s first direct presidential election after the dictatorship ended in 1985.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
This strategy is unlikely to work on liberal Israelis, who view this election as the last chance to save their homeland from sliding into dictatorship.

— Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of dictatorship

Noun

After Edward the Confessor died with no heirs, Harold was crowned in January 1066, but William also claimed the kingship.

— Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
In the ancient kingship tradition, endangering the empire would cause a king to lose his farr.

— Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026

Definition of kingship

Noun

And that's going to be a big surprise on election night to see the governorship of Oregon go red.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Advertisement Here’s what experts think could be behind the apparent shift in voters’ sentiments—and how real the chance of the governorship flipping really is.

— Chantelle Lee, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of governorship

Noun

Suggs is listed as the team’s point guard, but because of his tendency for turnovers and general lack of floor generalship, the coaches have deployed him more as a 3-and-D player.

— Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 May 2026
There’s talk that this could be EMRO’s turn to hold the director-generalship.

— Helen Branswell, STAT, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of generalship

Noun

Our mastery of synthetic chemistry is akin to a second control of fire, a biological and geological milestone in Earth history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
One of wrestling’s first true mainstream celebrities, Gorgeous George became a television sensation whose flamboyance, swagger and mastery of self-promotion famously influenced a young Muhammad Ali.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of mastery

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