rulers
Sticks for drawing lines
Rulers are people who govern or control—monarchs, dictators, heads of state: The rulers of the ancient world wielded absolute power.
A ruler is also a straight-edged measuring instrument, typically marked in inches or centimeters, used for drawing lines and measuring distances: She used a ruler to underline the heading.
Supreme in power
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- kingMale crowned ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
regent · czar · sultan · pharaoh · chieftain · potentate · tyrant · dictator
National legislative assembly
- democracyRule by the people
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- senateLegislative governing body
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
legislature · judiciary · executive · republic · monarchy · federation · oligarchy · autocracy
Twelfth of a foot
- centimeterMetric length unit
- millimeterThousandth of a meter
- footLeg's lowest part
- yardLinear measure or grounds
meter · straightedge · yardstick · meterstick · markings · graduation · edge · plastic
sovereign
Supreme in power
queen · regent · czar · sultan · pharaoh · chieftain · potentate · tyrant · dictator · despot
parliament
National legislative assembly
- democracyRule by the people
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- senateLegislative governing body
cabinet · legislature · judiciary · executive · republic · monarchy · federation · oligarchy · autocracy · hegemony
inch
Twelfth of a foot
- centimeterMetric length unit
- millimeterThousandth of a meter
- footLeg's lowest part
yard · meter · straightedge · yardstick · meterstick · markings · graduation · edge · plastic · wooden
blueprint
Detailed technical drawing
- architectBuilding design professional
- engineerTechnical design professional
- draftsmanTechnical illustrator of plans
carpenter · geometry · alignment · T-square · set square · triangle · protractor · drawing · technical · parallel
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- office suppliespens, pencils, paper clip, staplers, paperclip
- measurementscales, gauging, balance, metering, gram
- art studioeasel, easels, canvas, canvases, palette
- authoritiesleaders, leader, officials, bosses, boss
- authorityleaders, monarch, bosses, sovereign, chiefs
rulerscommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
peasants · plebeians · proletariat · the common people · the masses
- rule outEliminate as option
- rule of thumbPractical approximation, not strict
- ground rulesFundamental operating procedures
- ruled outDismissed as impossible
- rule of the roadStandard governing vehicle movement
- house rulesEstablishment's own regulations
rule, ruler, rules, ruled, overrule, misrule, overrules, rulership, overruled