crown-like

Resembling royal headwear

Crown-like describes something resembling a crown in shape or arrangement—typically circular with points or projections rising from it: The Statue of Liberty wears a crown-like diadem with seven rays.

The term appears in biology for structures that encircle and radiate: crown-like spines, a crown-like cluster of leaves.

ceremonial

coronation

Ceremony installing a sovereign

  • diademJeweled band of royalty
  • tiaraOrnamental feminine headband
  • circletSmall ornamental head ring

regalia · enthronement · investiture · scepter · pageantry · procession · anointment · robes · pomp · solemnity

ornate

filigree

Delicate twisted-wire ornamentation

intricate · embellished · ornamental · decorative · adorned · opulent · lavish · elaborate · baroque · exquisite

Opposites
shape/form

crown-likeflat

Lacking vertical variation

formless · depressed · shapeless · sunken · concave

status/regality connotation

crown-likeunregal

Lacking monarchical bearing

humble · common · lowly · servile · base

Family

crown, like, crowns, crowned, crowning, uncrowned, likelihood, likely, unlikely

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G