regnant
On the throne
Regnant means reigning or ruling, typically describing a monarch who holds power in their own right rather than through marriage.
A queen regnant rules as sovereign, distinct from a queen consort who is merely married to a king.
The term extends beyond royalty to describe anything currently dominant or prevalent: the regnant ideology of the era.
It appears almost exclusively in formal or historical contexts.
Most common or powerful
- ascendantIncreasing in power
- supremeHighest in authority
- paramountOf supreme significance
- preeminentSuperior to all others
ruling · governing · commanding · prevailing · overriding · presiding · chief · foremost
Hereditary supreme ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- kingMale crowned ruler
- sovereignSupreme in power
- emperorMale ruler of empire
empress · throne · crown · dynasty · realm · coronation · royalty · palace
Existing across many places
- pervasivePresent throughout, inescapable
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
- prevailingMost common or accepted
- commonplaceUnremarkable and frequent
predominant · established · entrenched · normative · customary · mainstream · ascendant · current
predominant
Most common or powerful
preeminent · ruling · governing · commanding · prevailing · overriding · presiding · chief · foremost · master
monarch
Hereditary supreme ruler
emperor · empress · throne · crown · dynasty · realm · coronation · royalty · palace · prince
widespread
Existing across many places
- pervasivePresent throughout, inescapable
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
- prevailingMost common or accepted
commonplace · predominant · established · entrenched · normative · customary · mainstream · ascendant · current · fashionable
regnantabdicated
Relinquished power formally
deposed · dethroned · ousted · powerless · overthrown
regnantobsolete
No longer in use
declining · superseded · subordinate · recessive · waning
region, reign, regal, reigning, reigns, regent, reigned, regency, interregnum