regimental

adjective

Definition of regimentalnext
as in commanding

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Recent Examples of regimental The headquarters staff and the regimental battalion commanders who were in conference with them at the time have been killed by one shell. — Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026 Cadets Michael Ferrara, regimental S3 captain, and Devin Auzenne, regimental commander, sat down for an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital to discuss the core values of VMI, and dispute some of the allegations that have pushed Virginia Democrats to threaten the institution. — Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026 In the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle, a Guard of Honour gave a Royal Salute and the regimental Band will play the German and British national anthems. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025 His regimental coat was festooned with epaulets (fringed) and silver buttons (dazzling). — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for regimental
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regimental
  1. commanding
  2. imperial
  3. superior
  4. supercilious
  5. controlling
  6. magisterial
  7. lordly
  8. high-and-mighty
Adjective
  • Kirkwood had a commanding lead before Palou's spin caused a caution.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Adrián Marín set up the play with his pass to Tiago as Orlando took what seemed to be a commanding lead in the second half.
    — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of commanding
Adjective
  • Taiwan’s National Day is held on the anniversary ‌of a 1911 uprising that led to ​the overthrow of China’s last imperial dynasty and the establishment of ‌the Republic of China.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Right on the touristy Promenade des Anglais, the Villa Masséna houses imperial artifacts—including Napoleon’s death mask and Empress Josephine’s diadem.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of imperial
Adjective
  • Chinese chip designers like Huawei are combining clusters of chips to create the computing power of superior tech.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
  • With superior special teams play and Allen's relentless effort, Buffalo held on to win another offensive shootout between these teams.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of superior
Adjective
  • Managing these risks is not something these business leaders, or their respective state actor partners, need overly supercilious advice on.
    — Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • This Cannes Directors’ Fortnight prizewinner sets out its pitch-black-comic stall early with a prologue in which, after a brief contretemps, local man Raoul Brun (Jean-Louis Coulloc’h) blows his supercilious neighbor’s head off with a shotgun and then disappears.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026
Definition of supercilious
Adjective
  • Rivian, still a major non-controlling shareholder, factors into that roadmap too, since its growing fleet of on-road vehicles generates the driving data Also will eventually need to train its own autonomy systems.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • This has impacted every aspect of his life — sleep, eating habits and his controlling attitude toward me.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 4 July 2026
Definition of controlling
Adjective
  • Eva Marie Saint, the Academy Award-winning star of such classic Hollywood films as On the Waterfront and North by Northwest, has died at the magisterial age of 102, according to a family representative.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In both cases, there is something at once magisterial and leadenly self-regarding about the melancholic rhythms of Cusk’s prose, with its stiff and stately syntax and its utter impatience with the real vagaries of difference.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of magisterial
Adjective
  • But the cruelty and callousness of the lordly class infuses it all.
    — Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The surge ended in the World Series, the lordly Yankees winning in six games, but Mays was on his way and Durocher gave him full credit.
    — Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
Definition of lordly
Adjective
  • That sweet spot between professionalism, entertainment and high-and-mighty disapproval?
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Lots of high-and-mighty people populate Tyrrell’s recollections.
    — John Fund, National Review, 26 Nov. 2023
Definition of high-and-mighty

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“Regimental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regimental. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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