PREMIERSHIP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

premiership

noun

Definition of premiership

as in presidency

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Recent Examples of premiership 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 London — Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham entered 10 Downing Street on Monday, making few detailed policy statements but offering plenty of clues about the nature of his premiership. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 Ali al-Zaidi, a businessman with no political background, emerged as a consensus candidate in Iraq after months of deadlock over the premiership following last year’s parliamentary elections. — ABC News, 14 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 And for Rhaenyra, there are different visions of her premiership, one being something that looks a little like her father’s, that of the sort of moderate, kind of peaceful ruler. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 6 July 2026

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Noun

Yet, the test now is whether the momentum can outlast Macron’s presidency.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
His former staffers recalled, in an oral history project by the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, how the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath influenced their work for the remainder of Bush’s presidency.

— Michael Collins, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of presidency

Noun

York is told that Somerset is imprisoned in the Tower of London, but when this is disproved by Somerset’s entrance, York announces his claim to the kingship.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 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

As China takes over chairmanship of BRICS for the coming year, the focus will undoubtedly shift toward implementing these smart manufacturing initiatives and institutionalizing the special economic zones.

— Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
McCollum, a member of a predominantly Republican Orlando law firm, began his campaign a year ago with little more credentials than his chairmanship of the Seminole County Republican Executive Committee.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of chairmanship

Noun

If elected, Hinojosa would be the first Texas Democrat to win the governorship since 1990 and the state's first-ever Latina governor.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Back then, the main way women got into high political office was to marry a man who had a Senate seat or governorship.

— Gloria Steinem, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 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

Teaching students to actively hunt for hallucinations, logical gaps and hidden biases in AI drafts transforms them from passive consumers into critical editors—building deep domain mastery by evaluating why an AI answer fails.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
By exhibiting and then dominating them in the arena, Rome was symbolically asserting its mastery over nature itself.

— Roberto Prieto, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of mastery

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