General
Sovereign
Sovereign noun - One who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority.
General and sovereign are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "General" instead the word "Sovereign" as a noun or an adjective.
Nearby Word: sovereignty
Both words in one sentence
- In Star Trek in general, when there is warfare within a planet, it is always described as "civil war", without regard to whether sovereign states are involved, in stark contrast to how we describe wars on Earth.
Source: Humans Are Divided -
You Shall Not Pass: In the final battle, a turian general places his cruiser between Sovereign and the closing arms of the Citadel in order to stop the attack.
Source: Video Game / Mass Effect -
However, since Canada is a sovereign nation, the Governor General — who is the Queen's representative — carries out most royal duties in her name.
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Sovereign and General. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/general/sovereign
General & Sovereign. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/general/sovereign>.
Sovereign or General. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/general/sovereign.
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