REGNANT Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

regnant

adjective

Definition of regnant

as in dominant

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Recent Examples of regnant Political discourse is reduced to opinions at once homogenous and balkanized, reinforced by the echo chambers of the day’s regnant algorithms. — Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026 Since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, anti-Chinese sentiment has become not merely trendy, but politically regnant. — Sam Thielman, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 Her opponent, nonprofit leader and billionaire's son Josh Kraft, and who's campaigning against what he's characterized as Wu's regnant leadership style. — Mike Deehan, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025 Within many of our most crucial institutions, suppositions that would have been considered the height of lunacy even a few years ago have become regnant overnight. — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 27 June 2023 The trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021 Their leaders speak with a regnant air, hammering the notion that their return to power is all but inevitable. — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2021

Recent Examples of Synonyms for regnant

Adjective

Vuskovic’s early pairing with 34-year-old skipper Lewis Dunk — who has also played every minute in the league this season — looks like being a dominant partnership for Hurzeler.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
In the dominant 56-7 win over FCS opponent Lafayette College, new head coach Jason Candle and his staff was able to see two different quarterbacks throw to 13 different receivers and hand the ball off to five different running backs.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of dominant

Adjective

The head of the world’s best performing sovereign wealth fund warned of an impending pullback in US stocks.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Townsend's view on what's in store for stock markets echoes a recent warning to investors from the head of the management team behind Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of sovereign

Adjective

So the Fed's predominant focus right now should be on prices.

— Scott Horsley, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Environmental samples collected from the market, specifically in areas where wildlife sales were predominant, contained SARS-CoV-2 genetic material.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of predominant

Adjective

Princess vacations offer supreme ease of travel, eliminating the inconvenience of changing hotels and navigating transportation between cities.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2026
The 56-year-old Khamenei has not been seen in public, or even appeared in video or audio, since Israeli strikes killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had been Iran’s supreme leader for some 37 years.

— Lee Keath, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026