empire

English Thesaurus

1. an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple (noun.food)

hypernym	:	dessert apple, eating apple,
definition	:	an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking (noun.food)

2. a group of countries under a single authority (noun.group)

hypernym	:	authorities, government, regime,
definition	:	the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit (noun.group)

3. a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization (noun.group)

hypernym	:	corp, corporation,
definition	:	a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state (noun.group)

hyponym	:	publishing conglomerate, publishing empire,
definition	:	a conglomerate of publishing companies (noun.group)

4. a monarchy with an emperor as head of state (noun.group)

hypernym	:	monarchy,
definition	:	an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority (noun.group)

hyponym	:	mogul empire,
definition	:	an empire established by the Mogul conquerors of India that reigned from 1526 to 1857 (noun.group)

hyponym	:	second empire,
definition	:	the imperial government of Napoleon III in France from 1852-1870 (noun.group)

5. the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised (noun.location)

hypernym	:	demesne, domain, land,
definition	:	territory over which rule or control is exercised (noun.location)

instance hyponym	:	roman empire,
definition	:	an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome (noun.location)

instance hyponym	:	egypt, egyptian empire,
definition	:	an ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament (noun.location)

instance hyponym	:	persia, persian empire,
definition	:	an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC (noun.location)

instance hyponym	:	russia,
definition	:	a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917 (noun.location)

instance hyponym	:	ottoman empire, turkish empire,
definition	:	a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire (noun.location)

6. a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization (noun.group)

derivation	:	conglomerate,
definition	:	composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass (adj.all)

7. a monarchy with an emperor as head of state (noun.group)

derivation	:	imperial,
definition	:	relating to or associated with an empire (adj.pert)

8. the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised (noun.location)

derivation	:	imperial,
definition	:	befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress (adj.pert)

9. a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization (noun.group)

derivation	:	conglomerate,
definition	:	composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass (adj.all)

10. a monarchy with an emperor as head of state (noun.group)

derivation	:	imperial,
definition	:	relating to or associated with an empire (adj.pert)

11. the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised (noun.location)

derivation	:	imperial,
definition	:	befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress (adj.pert)