Dictionary entry details
• KINGDOM (noun)
Meaning:
A domain in which something is dominant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
kingdom; realm; land
Context examples:
the untroubled kingdom of reason / a land of make-believe / the rise of the realm of cotton in the south
Hypernyms ("kingdom" is a kind of...):
area; arena; domain; field; orbit; sphere (a particular environment or walk of life)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kingdom"):
lotus land; lotusland (an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence)
Meaning:
A country with a king as head of state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("kingdom" is a kind of...):
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Instance hyponyms:
Israel (an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC)
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
Meaning:
The domain ruled by a king or queen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
kingdom; realm
Hypernyms ("kingdom" is a kind of...):
demesne; domain; land (territory over which rule or control is exercised)
Instance hyponyms:
Numidia (an ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria)
Meaning:
A monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("kingdom" is a kind of...):
monarchy (an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority)
Meaning:
The highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("kingdom" is a kind of...):
taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)
Meronyms (members of "kingdom"):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kingdom"):
Fungi; fungus kingdom; kingdom Fungi (the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants)
kingdom Plantae; plant kingdom; Plantae (the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants)
kingdom Protoctista; Protoctista (in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals)
kingdom Monera; kingdom Prokaryotae; Monera; Prokayotae (prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions)
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
Meaning:
A basic group of natural objects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("kingdom" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kingdom"):
mineral kingdom (all inorganic objects; contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms)
