kingdom

A country whose official head is a king or queen.

• The queen ruled a small kingdom.
• The two kingdoms signed a peace agreement.
• He travelled across the kingdom to visit the king.

Similar words: realm

Common phrases: United Kingdom, ancient kingdom, rule a kingdom

One of the largest groups used to organize living things, such as animals or plants.

• Mushrooms belong to the fungal kingdom.
• The animal kingdom includes insects and mammals.
• How many kingdoms does this classification system recognize?

Similar words: regnum

Common phrases: animal kingdom, plant kingdom, fungal kingdom

An area or world in which a particular thing has the greatest power or importance.

• She escaped into a kingdom of dreams.
• In his kingdom of ideas, imagination rules.
• The empty house had become a kingdom of silence.

How to use it: kingdom of something (The poet leads us into a kingdom of dreams.)

Similar words: realm, domain

Common phrases: kingdom of thought, kingdom of dreams, kingdom of silence