What does dynasty mean?
Word: Dynasty
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Dynasty means a line of rulers from the same family, or a family that stays powerful or famous for several generations.
Synonyms: line
How do you spell dynasty?
Syllables: dy - nas - ty
Tricky part: The first vowel is a y, though it sounds like the i in dinner: dy, not di.
Watch out for: dinasty, dinesty, dynastey
Memory tip: Think of a dynamo powering one family through the years: dynasty and dynamo both open with dyn.
Dynasty in a sentence
Example 1: The Gupta dynasty is remembered for its scholars, poets and mathematicians.
Example 2: Coins from the Satavahana dynasty were found near the riverbank.
Example 3: Our school has a teaching dynasty: three generations of the Iyer family have worked here.
Fun Fact
China's Tang dynasty ruled for nearly 300 years, from 618 to 907 CE.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:
dyn_st_
a) a, i
b) e, y
c) o, y
d) a, y
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d) a, y. The middle is nas, with an a, and the word ends in y, as honesty does.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word in the list.
1. emperer 2. palase 3. dynasty 4. kingdum
a) a man who rules an empire
b) a country ruled by a king or queen
c) the large home of a king or queen
d) a line of rulers from one family
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d) a line of rulers from one family. Emperor ends in or, palace has a c and kingdom ends in dom.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
The Chola ynsdyat built the great Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur.
a) dynamic
b) density
c) dynasty
d) destiny
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c) dynasty. Two y's and an a point to dynasty; destiny and density have an e and an i instead.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word dynasty as used in the sentence:
The Mughal dynasty lasted for more than three hundred years.
a) kingdom
b) house
c) army
d) palace
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b) house. A royal house is a family line of rulers, which is just what a dynasty is.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The first ruler of a dynasty is usually called its ____.
a) rival
b) minister
c) heir
d) founder
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d) founder
2. People speak of a cricket dynasty when ____.
a) a team loses every match in a season
b) one family plays top cricket for generations
c) the umpires bring in a new rule
d) a stadium has stood for a hundred years
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b) one family plays top cricket for generations
