Definitions

presidency

[prez-i-duhn-see] / ˈprɛz ɪ dən si /

NOUN

administration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

board bureau cabinet committee department executive legislature management ministry

STRONG

President admiral advisers chair chairperson command commander consulate directors embassy executives feds general headquarters officers officials powers presidium stewards superintendents supervisors upstairs

WEAK

chargé d'affaires front office governing body top brass

NOUN

administration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

regime

STRONG

dynasty incumbency reign stay tenure term

NOUN

government

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authority law ministry politics power regime rule state union

STRONG

Washington bureaucracy command control direction domination dominion empire execution executive governance guidance influence jurisdiction patronage polity predominance regency regimentation regulation restraint sovereignty statecraft superintendence superiority supervision supremacy sway

WEAK

Uncle Sam political practice powers that be the feds

Antonyms

STRONG

inferiority opposition powerlessness submission subservience weakness

WEAK

anarchy chaos coup insurrection lawlessness mutiny revolt revolution

Example Sentences

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He has relinquished his active government and party roles, but during his 2008-2018 presidency, he and former US president Barack Obama presided over a short-lived thaw in Washington-Havana relations.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Perversely, the White House ballroom appears to be an effort to create a positive historical memory of his presidency.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

The pundits thought it was inconceivable when Donald Trump announced his run for the presidency in 2015.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

His proposed ballroom “represents another way this presidency has abandoned its imperative of projecting modesty, openness, and stability,” the architect and historian Neil Flanagan complained in the Atlantic this month.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Then in 1790, soon after assuming the presidency, he came down with influenza, then raging in New York, and nearly died from pulmonary complications.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

presidency

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