English adjective: royal | |||
1. | royal of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch | ||
Samples | The royal party. The royal crest. By royal decree. A royal visit. | ||
2. | royal established or chartered or authorized by royalty | ||
Samples | The Royal Society. | ||
3. | royal being of the rank of a monarch | ||
Samples | Of royal ancestry. Princes of the blood royal. | ||
Similar | noble | ||
Antonyms | lowborn | ||
4. | royal belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler | ||
Samples | Golden age of imperial splendor. Purple tyrant. Regal attire. Treated with royal acclaim. The royal carriage of a stag's head. | ||
Synonyms | imperial, majestic, purple, regal | ||
Similar | noble | ||
Antonyms | lowborn | ||
5. | royal invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown | ||
Samples | The royal (or crowned) heads of Europe. | ||
Similar | crowned | ||
Antonyms | crownless, uncrowned | ||
English noun: royal | |||
1. | royal (artifact) a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast | ||
Broader (hypernym) | canvas, canvass, sail, sheet | ||
2. | royal (animal) stag with antlers of 12 or more branches | ||
Synonyms | royal stag | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stag | ||