English adjective: regent | |||
1. | regent acting or functioning as a regent or ruler | ||
Samples | Prince-regent. | ||
Similar | powerful | ||
Domain usage | combining form | ||
Antonyms | powerless | ||
English noun: regent | |||
1. | regent (person) members of a governing board | ||
Synonyms | trustee | ||
Broader (hypernym) | committee member | ||
Member meronym | governing board | ||
2. | regent (person) someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ruler, swayer | ||
Instance hyponym | Catherine de Medicis | ||