Empire
Conqueror's sprawling domain
An empire is most strictly the domain under the rule of an emperor.
In common usage, an empire is any extensive territory under single rule that is not geographically continuous, such as the one-time British Empire.
When empire is capitalized, it is typically preceded or contextualized by a specifying adjective (the Roman Empire).
Figuratively, an empire is any vast entity that exerts great influence: Amazon has a global business empire.
Empire is also a women’s fashion style featuring a waistline under the bust.
Of ancient Italy's capital
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
- OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- MongolCentral Asian pastoral people
Persian · Mughal · Austro-Hungarian · Russian · Han · Mali · Inca · Aztec
Body's horizontal midpoint
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- gownLong formal garment
- dressSkirted one-piece garment
- bodiceFitted upper garment
high-waisted · Josephine · Regency · décolletage · muslin · column · draping · corseted
Northeastern metropolis and state
- stateCondition or mode
- buildingEnclosed roofed structure
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- landmarkNotable point of reference
Manhattan · observation deck · iconic · skyline · King Kong · lightning rod · Fifth Avenue · tower
Roman
Of ancient Italy's capital
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
- OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
Mongol · Persian · Mughal · Austro-Hungarian · Russian · Han · Mali · Inca · Aztec · Egyptian
waistline
Body's horizontal midpoint
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- gownLong formal garment
- dressSkirted one-piece garment
bodice · high-waisted · Josephine · Regency · décolletage · muslin · column · draping · corseted · evening wear
New York
Northeastern metropolis and state
- stateCondition or mode
- buildingEnclosed roofed structure
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
landmark · Manhattan · observation deck · iconic · skyline · King Kong · lightning rod · Fifth Avenue · tower · spire
- Imagine EntertainmentRon Howard, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, 24, The Da Vinci Code
- Star Wars factionsRebel Alliance, Sith, First Order, Resistance, Republic
- ApplesMcIntosh, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Honeycrisp, Golden Delicious
- England originLondon, Thames, Big Ben, Tower of London, Buckingham Palace
- Shakira Songs
- Fashion ErasVictorian era, Edwardian era, Elizabethan era, Georgian era, Baroque
Empireanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
republic · democracy · federation · confederation · self-governance
Empirecolony
Dependent territorial settlement
nation-state · principality · province · territory · protectorate
Empiresubjugation
Forcing into submission
servitude · dependency · weakness · decline · collapse
- ancient empiresHistorical superpowers now vanished
- Roman EmpireAncient state from Augustus onward
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
- Empire State BuildingTall NYC landmark structure
- media empireVast communications business network
- evil empireMorally corrupt superpower