royals
Crown-wearing family members
Royals are members of a royal family—kings, queens, princes, princesses, and their relatives.
The word appears most often in journalism and casual speech: The royals attended the charity gala, tabloid coverage of the royals.
In card games, royals are the face cards: king, queen, jack.
The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team.
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
- reignSovereign's time in power
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
crown · queen · king · prince · princess · emperor · empress · regent
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- diademJeweled band of royalty
- tiaraOrnamental feminine headband
- coronetSmall noble's circlet
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
orb · throne · robes · ermine · velvet · jewels · gemstones · ruby
Titled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
- duchessWoman of ducal rank
marquess · earl · countess · viscount · baron · baroness · blueblood · highborn
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- processionFormal moving line
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
fanfare · trumpets · banquet · ball · gala · ritual · solemnity · tradition
Successive family rulers
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- pedigreeRecord of descent
genealogy · descent · succession · house · clan · inheritance · birthright · scion
throne
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
sovereignty · crown · queen · king · prince · princess · emperor · empress · regent · dynasty
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
scepter · orb · throne · robes · ermine · velvet · jewels · gemstones · ruby · sapphire
nobility
Titled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
duchess · marquess · earl · countess · viscount · baron · baroness · blueblood · highborn · gentry
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- processionFormal moving line
pageantry · fanfare · trumpets · banquet · ball · gala · ritual · solemnity · tradition · jubilee
dynasty
Successive family rulers
pedigree · genealogy · descent · succession · house · clan · inheritance · birthright · scion · heir
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
command · supremacy · power · influence · governance · ascendancy · decree · edict · mandate · divine right
- eliteelite, elites, aristocrats, nobility, best
- British Royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- Britishnesstea, London, BBC, Big Ben, Union Jack
- sailing gearmainsail, sail, jib, spinnaker, genoa
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- celebritiesmovie stars, A-lister, pop stars, superstar, celebrity
royalscommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
peasants · plebeians · common people · subjects · serfs
royalsantiroyalists
Opponents of monarchical government
revolutionaries · abolitionists · antimonarchists · regicides · Jacobins
royalselected officials
Leaders chosen by vote
democrats · meritocrats · representatives · politicians · self-made men
- royal familyReigning monarch's relatives
- royal successionOrder of throne inheritance
- royal painExtreme nuisance, colloquially
- royal flushTop-ranking poker hand
- royal blueDeep, vivid purplish-blue
- royal scandalMonarchy's damaging public exposure
royal, royalty, royally, royalties, royalist, royalism, royalists, antiroyalist, antiroyalists