a royal domain; kingdom (now chiefly in such phrases as Peer of the Realm) a field of interest, study, etc: the realm of the occult
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realm /rɛlm/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- the area over which, or extent to which, a king or queen has authority.
- any area of thought or activity:within the realm of possibility.
realm
(relm),USA pronunciation n.
- a royal domain;
kingdom:the realm of England. - the region, sphere, or domain within which anything occurs, prevails, or dominates:the realm of dreams.
- the special province or field of something or someone:the realm of physics; facts within the realm of political scientists.
- Latin rēgālis regal
- Old French reialme, derivative of reial
- Middle English realme, reaume 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See kingdom.
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'realm' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Asat
- Crown
- Hel
- House of Lords
- Jotunheim
- Netherlands Antilles
- Nizam
- Reich
- Reichswehr
- affection
- archbishopric
- art
- be
- bishopric
- bourn
- circle
- cloud-cuckoo-land
- coin of the realm
- commonalty
- cyberspace
- diablerie
- domain
- eldritch
- elfland
- estate
- extralinguistic
- fairyland
- force
- great council
- hemisphere
- kingdom
- kingdom of ends
- land
- marketplace
- multiverse
- myth
- nation
- peer of the realm
- pelagic division
- psychedelia
- queendom
- real world
- region
- reign
- riches
- rijksdaalder
- royalty
- sat
- space
- sphere