Meanings
noundynasty (plural dynasties)
plural dynasties
- A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
Habsburg dynasty; Ottoman dynasty
2 more examples
A dynasty is nothing but the successful orchestration of treachery.
2023, Stewart Stafford, A Wager After MidnightTonight, against all odds, we have grasped it. The future is in our hands. My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty.
2025 November 5, Zohran Mamdani, “The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCSynonyms: house, succession
- A family considered over time, with its ancestors and descendants
To the loyal and to the blood-lovers, in the good families and in the fiery dynasties, life is family and family is life. It is the same people who give advice and their vices to live well who turn out to be the ones who give resource and reason to live long.
2016, Criss Jami, Healology - East Asian historyThe polity or historical era under the rule of a certain dynasty.
During the Ming dynasty, China was ruled by the Zhu family.
- hobbiesA team or organization which has an extended period of success or dominant performance.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekδυναστεία“power, dominion”
- Late Latindynastia
- Middle Frenchdynastie
- Englishdynasty
Borrowed from Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).
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Afrikaans dinastie
- dinastiea series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Ancient Greek δῠνᾰστείᾱ
- δῠνᾰστείᾱ (dŭnăsteíā)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Arabic سُلَالَة
- سُلَالَة (sulāla)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Basque dinastia
- dinastiaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Bengali রাজবংশ, খানদান
- রাজবংশ (rajboṅśo)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- খানদান (khanodan)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Bulgarian дина́стия
- дина́стия (dinástija)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Catalan dinastia
- dinastiaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Chinese Mandarin 王朝, 朝
- 王朝 (wángcháo)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- 朝 (cháo)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- 王家 (wángjiā)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- 朝代 (cháodài)era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
- 朝 (cháo)era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
Czech dynastie
- dynastiea series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Danish dynasti
- dynastia series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Dutch dynastie, heersersfamilie
- dynastiea series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- heersersfamiliea series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- heersersgeslachta series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Esperanto dinastio
- dinastioa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Estonian dünastia
- dünastiaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Finnish dynastia
- dynastiaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
French dynastie, dynastie
- dynastiea series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- dynastieera or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
German Dynastie, Herrschergeschlecht
- Dynastiea series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- Herrschergeschlechta series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- Herrscherhausa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- Herrscherhausa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Greek δυναστεία
- δυναστεία (dynasteía)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Hebrew שׁוֹשֶׁלֶת
- שׁוֹשֶׁלֶת (shoshélet)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Hindi राजकुल, राजवंश
- राजकुल (rājkul)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- राजवंश (rājvañś)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- ख़ानदान (xāndān)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Hungarian dinasztia, uralkodóház
- dinasztiaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- uralkodóháza series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Icelandic konungsætt, keisaraætt
- konungsætta series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- keisaraætta series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Indonesian wangsa, ahala
- wangsaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- ahalaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- dinastia series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Irish ríshliocht, ríora
- ríshliochta series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- ríoraa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Italian dinastia
- dinastiaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Japanese 王朝, 王家
- 王朝 (ōchō)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- 王家 (ōke)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- 王朝 (ōchō)era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
Korean 왕조, 왕가
- 왕조 (wangjo)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- 왕가 (wangga)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- 황가 (hwangga)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- 가 (ga)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- 조 (jo)era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
- 나라 (nara)era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
Latin dynastia
- dynastiaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Latvian dinastija
- dinastijaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Lithuanian dinastija
- dinastijaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Malay dinasti
- dinastia series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Norwegian Bokmål dynasti
- dynastia series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Polish dynastia
- dynastiaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Portuguese dinastia
- dinastiaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Punjabi ਰਾਜਵੰਸ਼
- ਰਾਜਵੰਸ਼ (rājvãś)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Romanian dinastie
- dinastiea series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Russian дина́стия
- дина́стия (dinástija)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Scottish Gaelic rìgh-shliochd
- rìgh-shliochda series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Slovak dynastia
- dynastiaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Spanish dinastía
- dinastíaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Swahili nasaba
- nasabaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Swedish dynasti
- dynastia series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Tagalog halari, dinastiya
- halaria series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- dinastiyaa series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Tamil வம்சம், ராஜவம்சம்
- வம்சம் (vamcam)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- ராஜவம்சம் (rājavamcam)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Thai ราชวงศ์, วงศ์
- ราชวงศ์ (râat-chá-wong)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- วงศ์ (wong)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Turkish hanedan
- hanedana series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Ukrainian дина́стія
- дина́стія (dynástija)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Urdu خانْدان, دُودْمان
- خانْدان (xāndān)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- دُودْمان (dūdmān)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Vietnamese triều đại, vương triều
- triều đạia series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- vương triềua series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- triều đạiera or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history
Welsh brenhinllin
- brenhinllina series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Yiddish דינאַסטיע
- דינאַסטיע (dinastye)a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
Cite this entry
APA
dynasty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dynasty
MLA
“dynasty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dynasty. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dynasty,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dynasty.
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