PRINCELET Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

princelet

noun

Definition of princelet

as in prince

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Noun

The bulk of the original tale — Lara’s encounter with her sea witch aunt Grace, her emergence into the world of humans, her romance with a dashing prince — is sped through in the show’s first 15 minutes.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
The unidentified sitter, meanwhile, is believed to be a wife of a nawab, or an Indian prince.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of prince

Noun

The duke returned to his home country Monday, July 6, but has spent much of this week alone, after his plans to bring wife Meghan, 44, and their children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, to London were canceled amid a falling out over security.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 10 July 2026
The play features Richard, duke of Gloucester, who wants to ascend the throne at any cost and isn’t afraid to kill to do so.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026

Definition of duke

Noun

The writer and former white supremacist Richard Hanania was once the toast of MAGA-curious tech barons and reactionary intellectuals.

— Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
That same shot also features Digger’s ailing pet cat, who is wearing a collar with a pendant that matches the oil baron’s bolo tie…as well as a cloudy blue eye that appears to be a strikingly similar hue.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of baron

Noun

Burnard and O’Shaughnessy point out that, whereas Britain regularly sent nobles to govern the Caribbean colonies—and dukes and earls to Ireland—the men appointed to administer the thirteen colonies more often lacked titles and were paid less.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
While this is partly because her father is an earl, the other part of her background honors the fact that her mother was a housemaid.

— Patricia A. Matthew, Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of earl

Noun

The 15-year-old is being held on suspicion of three counts of first-degree assault and one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 28 July 2026
Ahead of the Dream’s June 22 game against Toronto, coach Karl Smesko emphasized making every minute count.

— Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of count

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Connie is married to a baronet, Clifford, who has been made impotent by a war wound, and Mellors is the gamekeeper on Clifford’s estate, Wragby.

— Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The baronet wanders around his castle numb on heroin, reeling from his spectacular flameout as CEO of Lumi and the recent loss of his seat in Parliament.

— Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2026

Definition of baronet

Noun

The crunchy encasing pairs perfectly with the melty cheese and various fillings inside, including cheese, tinga, potato and chorizo, and raja (strips of peppers and onions).

— Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Only the wealthiest resided in the inner city, made up the raja’s court, and decided the fate of the kingdom’s people—yet never ventured outside the sixty-foot-tall iron gate to mingle or empathize.

— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025

Definition of raja

Noun

Tom Holland comes across as a vulnerable princeling without being petulant or drippy.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
With both Aegon and Aemond in the wind, that leaves the other princeling as a prospective blood heir to the Iron Throne — and the Greens already pulled one over on Rhaenyra once before.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026

Definition of princeling

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