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Rule

🔄 Synonyms of "Rule"

19 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
principlenoun	A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
conventionnoun	A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
prevailverb	(intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
patternnoun	Model, example.
dominateverb	To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
decreenoun	An edict or law.
harnessnoun	(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
reignnoun	The period during which a monarch rules.
normalnoun	Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
predominateverb	(intransitive) To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
regulationnoun	(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
findverb	(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
prescriptnoun	Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
governverb	(transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
formulanoun	A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
rulernoun	A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.
linguistic rulenoun	(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
dominionnoun	Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
reinnoun	A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rule"

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Word	Definition
decreenoun	An edict or law.
regulationnoun	(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
governnoun	(transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
conventionnoun	A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
prescriptnoun	Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
principlenoun	A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
dominatenoun	(historical) The late period of the Roman Empire, following the principate, during which the emperor's rule became more explicitly autocratic and remaining vestiges of the Roman Republic were removed from the formal workings of government; the reign of any particular emperor during this period.
normalnoun	(countable, uncountable) The usual state.
patternnoun	Model, example.
reignnoun	The period during which a monarch rules.
predominateverb	(intransitive) To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
prevailverb	(intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
findnoun	The act of finding.
formulanoun	A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
rulernoun	A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.
dominionnoun	Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
harnessnoun	(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
reinnoun	A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
linguistic rulenoun	(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
regulateverb	To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.