SCEPTER Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

scepter

noun

Definition of scepter

as in dominion

royal power over a country

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Recent Examples of scepter So, after figuring out that an evil scientist was using Loki’s scepter to build an artificial-intelligence system, Stark and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) pop it into the Avengers Tower’s mainframe. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026 Myki Meeks was crowned as the Season 18 winner, taking home a $200,000 grand prize courtesy of RuPaul’s Drag Race Match Queen, a custom crown and scepter from Fierce Drag Jewels, and a year’s supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmetics. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026 At his concert, Busta Rhymes made a grand entrance, donning a crown, a flowing red robe and carrying a scepter — an unmistakable nod to King George from Hamilton. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026 The Cheshire Cat hid the Queen of Heart’s scepter and crown but blamed the Mad Hatter! — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 1 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for scepter

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Noun

Historical roots As Roberts’ majority opinion demonstrates, the definition of citizenship that Americans inherited from Britain and the common law included everyone born in a place where the king’s dominion extended.

— Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
The show represents a milestone in American TV, when showrunners like Shonda Rhimes began to become famous names in and of themselves, and create whole dominions of TV shows on networks and streaming services.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026

Definition of dominion

Noun

Everyone in the imperium knows the emperor is a nincompoop—and yet no one wants to go out on a limb to criticize him.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
The Islamic Republic of Iran is motivated by a desire to bring about the end times and usher in an everlasting Islamic imperium.

— Mike Coté, National Review, 20 July 2025

Definition of imperium

Noun

At the same time, his family back home — which includes wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and son Telemachus (Tom Holland) — has to protect his reign.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
This is sure to be an interesting Head of Household reign for Devens as a member of both The Red Corner and The Crossovers alliances, who dominated the first week's vote.

— Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 17 July 2026

Definition of reign

Noun

The standout is the lordship apartment sequence [in Episode 2] and the jump off the balcony.

— Leia Mendoza, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
Under the Zhou dynasty, many smaller lordships fought for power in their regions including Hubei Province where the tombs are buried, according to Britannica.

— Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024

Definition of lordship

Noun

Part of the reason for this is the Dodgers have entered a boring-great stage of hegemony, in which their superiority over the rest of the league is so pronounced that there is little to discuss on a day-to-day basis.

— Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 June 2026
In fact, at the end of the Lebanese civil war in 1991, Syria established what amounted to absolute political, military and economic hegemony over Lebanon, during which thousands of Lebanese disappeared.

— Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 18 June 2026

Definition of hegemony

Noun

By using Beyon’s local data center infrastructure, its customers will be able to access Oracle’s cloud services without any data leaving the country and maintaining data sovereignty.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 July 2026
The State Department has launched a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court over what Secretary of State Marco Rubio called a threat to American sovereignty.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 14 July 2026

Definition of sovereignty

Noun

The move comes as many American apparel and footwear firms work to diversify away from China and the regional supply chain that both feeds upon the capabilities and supports the dominance of the sourcing superpower.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
Chinese leader Xi Jinping cast Beijing as the leader of a new AI global order, vowing to challenge US dominance of the sector through the release of open-source models.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 17 July 2026

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