SCEPTERS 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 Meeks took home the $200,000 grand prize, a custom crown and scepter, and an exclusive makeup collaboration with Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmetics. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for scepter

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Noun

Faced with the dominion of the identical copy, some modern artists chose to celebrate it; others took a more critical, even antagonistic stance.

— Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Propelling themselves through the 00s, iconic franchises continued to thrive with both Star Wars and Star Trek maintaining their dominion over sci-fi cinema.

— Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of dominion

Noun

Influenced by the revival of Roman law, the chancery of Frederick Barbarossa (German king and Holy Roman emperor from 1152 to 1190) adopted the term sacrum imperium as a counterblast to the universal claims of the church.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
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

Definition of imperium

Noun

Denver, which won the AFC West last season and ended the Chiefs’ nine-season reign, was crushed 31-10 by Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Arguably, most Russian elites have not obeyed the Kremlin out of deep loyalty or ideological alignment throughout Putin’s long reign.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 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

Such an approach runs the risk of gawking at an unfamiliar people, their hegemonies and their ways of life, even with the best intentions.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Either way, civilizationism would prescribe a more consistent strategy of military withdrawal from the region, a tack tantamount to tolerating Chinese hegemony in its sphere.

— Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of hegemony

Noun

The pure domination from the Minutemen from start to finish in this one was a sight to behold.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Bell has wanted to break up the domination of Garfield in the Eastern League, so why not get all the school’s top athletes to help?

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of domination

Noun

Abandoning the group at a moment when sovereignty over its own reserves is more contested than at any point since the 1970s would surrender political leverage without delivering additional export revenue the country desperately needs.

— Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
His persistent claims raised sovereignty concerns and caused resistance from Greenlandic and Danish leaders and heightened tensions among NATO allies.

— Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of sovereignty

Noun

This moment was a turning point for ULA and the start of a long slide from dominance for the Boeing-Lockheed venture.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
The riotous 640-page door stopper grapples with homophobia then and now, the lingering specter of colonialism, the tumult of the AIDS crisis, and frameworks of power that demand dominance or submission.

— Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

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