royal society

1. 1.

   an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science

   SynonymsRoyal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge

   Broaderacademy

Questions about royal society

What does royal society mean?

royal society means "an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science".

What is another word for royal society?

Close synonyms include Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is royal society a common word?

royal society is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.