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 | ||