royal
adjective
1. of or relating to a king or queen or other monarch
- the royal party
- the royal crest
- by royal decree
2. established or authorized by royalty
- the Royal Society
3. being of the rank of a monarch
- of royal ancestry
- princes of the blood royal
Similar word(s): noble
4. belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- treated with royal care
- the royal carriage of a stag's head
Similar word(s): noble, imperial, majestic, purple, regal
5. invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe
Similar word(s): crowned
6. (informal) used to increase the intensity of a word
- a royal pain in the neck
Sentences with royal as an adjective:
- royal mast; royal sail