Word Meanings - ROYAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and cf. regal, real a 1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state. 2. Noble;

Additional info about word: ROYAL

fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and cf. regal, real a 1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state. 2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely. How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio Shak. 3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society. Battle royal. See under Battle. -- Royal bay , the classic laurel -- Royal eagle. See Golden eagle, under Golden. -- Royal fern , the handsome fern Osmunda regalis. See Osmund. -- Royal mast , the mast next above the topgallant mast and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast. -- Royal metal, an old name for gold. -- Royal palm , a magnificent West Indian palm tree (Oreodoxa regia), lately discovered also in Florida. -- Royal pheasant. See Curassow. -- Royal purple, an intense violet color, verging toward blue. -- Royal tern , a large, crested American tern (Sterna maxima). -- Royal tiger. See Tiger. -- Royal touch, the touching of a diseased person by the hand of a king, with the view of restoring to health; -- formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the scrofula, or king's evil. Syn. -- Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike; princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid; illustrious; noble; magnanimous.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ROYAL)

• Imperial
• Majestic
• royal
• magnificent
• supreme
• superb
• Monarchical
• Kingly
• despotic
• Princely
• munificent
• august
• regal
• Regal
• splendid
• imperial
• princely

Related words: (words related to ROYAL)

• MAGNIFICENTLY
  In a Magnificent manner.
• SPLENDIDIOUS
  Splendid.
• SUPREME
  Situated at the highest part or point. The Supreme, the Almighty; God. (more info) above, upper, fr. super above: cf. F. suprême. See Super-, and cf. 1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power. He that
• ROYALIZE
  to make royal. Shak.
• REGALIAN
  Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives. Hallam.
• REGALIA
  1. That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: The rights and prerogatives of a king. Royal estates and revenues. Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty. 2. Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd
• PRINCELY
  1. Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc. 2. Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august; munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely fortune.
• MAJESTICNESS
  The quality or state of being majestic. Oldenburg.
• DESPOTIC; DESPOTICAL
  Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary. -- Des*pot"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Des*pot"ic*al*ness, n.
• SPLENDIDLY
  In a splendid manner; magnificently.
• IMPERIALLY
  Imperial power. Sheldon.
• ROYALIZATION
  The act of making loyal to a king. Saintsbury.
• IMPERIAL
  L. imperialis, fr. imperium command, sovereignty, empire. See 1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict. The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome. Shak. 2. Belonging to, or
• AUGUSTAN
  1. Of or pertaining to Augustus Cæsar or to his times. 2. Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg. Augustan age of any national literature, the period of its highest state of purity and refinement; -- so called because the reign of
• SUPREMELY
  In a supreme manner.
• MUNIFICENT
  Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor. -- Mu*nif"i*cent*ly, adv. Syn. -- Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous.
• REGALEMENT
  The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.
• MAJESTICAL
  Majestic. Cowley. An older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical. M. Arnold. -- Ma*jes"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ma*jes"tic*al*ness, n.
• IMPERIALITY
  1. Imperial power. 2. An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty. The late empress having, by ukases of grace, relinquished her imperialities on the private mines, viz., the tenths of the copper, iron, silver and gold. W. Tooke.
• SPLENDID
  1. Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun. 2. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant. 3. Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous;
• SMIRKINGLY
  With smirking; with a smirk.
• SUPERROYAL
  Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.
• MAWKINGLY
  Slatternly.
• MEDREGAL
  See 3
• BALKINGLY
  In manner to balk or frustrate.
• MISTAKINGLY
  Erroneously.
• SHRINKINGLY
  In a shrinking manner.
• PENNYROYAL
  An aromatic herb of Europe; also, a North American plant resembling it in flavor. Bastard pennyroyal See Blue curls, under Blue. (more info) puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. puleium, or pulegium regium (so called as being good against
• MONARCHIC; MONARCHICAL
  Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy. Burke. -- Mo*nar"chic*al*ly, adv.