1. Of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
   "by royal decree"; "a royal visit"; "the royal party"; "the royal crest"
    
2. Established, chartered or authorized by royalty
   "the Royal Society"
    
3. Being of the rank of a monarch
   "of royal ancestry"; "princes of the blood royal"
    
4. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
   "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head";
   - imperial, majestic, purple, regal
    
5. Exceptionally good or impressive
   "That was a royal performance by the orchestra"
    
6. [Brit, informal] Complete or total
   "That idea was a royal waste of time"

1. A royal person; a member of a royal family
   "The young royal attended her first official state dinner"
    
2. Stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
   "Hunters prized the royal stag for its impressive rack of antlers";
   - royal stag
    
3. A sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
   "The ship unfurled its royal to catch more wind"

Sounds like: roux, ru, roya

Derived forms: royals

See also: amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful [archaic], awing, breathtaking, noble

Type of: canvas, sail, sheet, stag

Encyclopedia: Royal, NE