ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sovereign

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈsɒv.ɹɪn/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Sovereign is an adjective meaning Exercising power of rule.

Meaning

Exercising power of rule.

More Meanings

  1. Exceptional in quality.
  2. (now rare, pharmacology) Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).
  3. Having supreme, ultimate power.
  4. Princely; royal.
  5. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
  6. A monarch; the ruler of a country.
  7. One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.

Example Sentences

sovereign nation
a sovereign remedy
Her voice was her sovereign talent.
Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men.

Word Forms

Synonyms for sovereign

Depending on context, synonyms include autonomous, supreme, free, dominant, independent, monarch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include monarch, supreme, autonomous, independent, free, dominant.

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