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reigning

/ˈɹeɪnɪŋ/

adjective

Currently ruling or holding a position.

“The reigning world heavyweight champion said he'd defend his title once more and then retire even if he won.”

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regnant ruling powerful

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Meanings

adjectivereigning (not comparable)

not comparableCurrently ruling or holding a position.
The reigning world heavyweight champion said he'd defend his title once more and then retire even if he won.
1 more example
The reigning monarch, King George VI, is commemorated by two express engines—G.W.R. "King" 4-6-0 No. 6028 and L.M.S.R. streamlined Pacific No. 6244—[…].
1945 July and August, “Notes and News: Duplicate Locomotive Names”, in Railway Magazine, page 235
Synonyms: regnant

verb

gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of reign

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCurrently ruling or holding a position.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveexercising power or authority

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regnant ruling powerful

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with reigning

training remaining maintaining entertaining gaining retaining complaining raining draining waning planing chaining reining caning feigning craning aquatraining potty training potty untraining unpotty training unstaining

Sounds the same

raining reining raining reining

Cite this entry

APA

reigning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reigning

MLA

“reigning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reigning. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reigning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reigning.

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