- a system of government or a particular administration: a fascist regime, the regime of Fidel Castro
- a social system or order
- another word for regimen
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2023
re•gime or ré•gime /rəˈʒim, reɪ-/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023- Governmenta system of rule or government.
- Governmenta government in power, or the period of time in which it is in power.
- Medicineregimen.
re•gime
(rə zhēm′, rā-, or, sometimes, -jēm′),USA pronunciation n.
- Governmenta mode or system of rule or government:a dictatorial regime.
- Governmenta ruling or prevailing system.
- Governmenta government in power.
- Governmentthe period during which a particular government or ruling system is in power.
- [Med.]regimen (def. 1).
- Latin regimen regimen
- French régime
- 1770–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
regime, régime /reɪˈʒiːm/ n
'regime' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Budapest
- Chinese Revolution
- East Germany
- Falange
- Fascism
- Gestapo
- Jameson
- Kabila
- Kamakura
- Louis Philippe
- Mao jacket
- Romania
- Soyinka
- Third Reich
- Tocqueville
- abuse
- ancien régime
- ancienne noblesse
- ancient regime
- aquafitness
- ban
- big brother
- boot camp
- caporegime
- de facto
- devout
- dirty war
- fugitive
- holocaust
- inflict
- liquidate
- order
- podesta
- recognize
- regime change
- regimen
- revolution
- spare
- syndicate
- throttlehold
- totalitarianism
- wish
- workout
- year zero