PREMIERSHIP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

premiership

noun

Definition of premiership

as in presidency

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Recent Examples of premiership Not all of world soccer is united in opposition to Infantino’s premiership, however. — Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026 Van Heel’s family experience with cancer Burnham previously served as Health Secretary under the premiership of Gordon Brown from 2009 to 2010, then as the shadow Health Secretary following Labour’s defeat in the 2010 general election. — Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 23 July 2026 London — Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham entered 10 Downing Street on Monday, making few detailed policy statements but offering plenty of clues about the nature of his premiership. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 Ali al-Zaidi, a businessman with no political background, emerged as a consensus candidate in Iraq after months of deadlock over the premiership following last year’s parliamentary elections. — ABC News, 14 July 2026 Ali al-Zaidi emerged as a consensus candidate in Iraq after months of deadlock over the premiership following last year’s parliamentary elections. — Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 And for Rhaenyra, there are different visions of her premiership, one being something that looks a little like her father’s, that of the sort of moderate, kind of peaceful ruler. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 6 July 2026 Starmer’s resignation paves the way to the premiership for Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 23 June 2026 If the Labour Party decides to unite around one person as its next leader, without an internal contest, Starmer could be out of the premiership by July. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 22 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for premiership

Noun

For much of López Obrador’s six-year presidency, from 2018 to 2024, López Beltrán, the second of his four children, stayed out of party politics and focused on a chocolate business.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
There were fewer seasons during his presidency, so that may be why.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of presidency

Noun

While the White House hoped to remove Díaz-Canel and the Castro family from power, the push has been complicated by the lack of a credible opposition since revolutionary brothers Fidel and Raúl overthrew the island’s military dictatorship in 1959.

— Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
The Dominican Republic's former Minister for Regional Integration Policies, Miguel Mejía, considered the measure extreme, comparable only to the rupture imposed during the 31-year dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo that ended in 1961.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of dictatorship

Noun

York is told that Somerset is imprisoned in the Tower of London, but when this is disproved by Somerset’s entrance, York announces his claim to the kingship.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
In the ancient kingship tradition, endangering the empire would cause a king to lose his farr.

— Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026

Definition of kingship

Noun

Martin also has the support of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who stood behind Martin’s chairmanship while stumping in Pennsylvania over the weekend.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026
The flare-up complicates a week Manila had hoped would showcase its ASEAN chairmanship.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Definition of chairmanship

Noun

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley won the Democratic primary race for Wisconsin’s governorship, toppling his Democratic socialist opponent, Francesca Hong, who had surged in the polls leading up to Tuesday.

— Chantelle Lee, Time, 12 Aug. 2026
That would mean holding onto the governorship and flipping the state Senate and Assembly.

— Clay Masters, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of governorship

Noun

Suggs is listed as the team’s point guard, but because of his tendency for turnovers and general lack of floor generalship, the coaches have deployed him more as a 3-and-D player.

— Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 May 2026
There’s talk that this could be EMRO’s turn to hold the director-generalship.

— Helen Branswell, STAT, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of generalship

Noun

Physicians still pursue deep mastery in an age when most facts are a simple search away — because mastery was never really about the facts themselves.

— Frances Mei Hardin, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
Davis describes what followed in terms of confidence rather than technical mastery or coding know-how.

— Will Drover, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of mastery

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