Synonyms for queen

Synonyms for (noun) queen

Synonyms: tabby, queen

Definition: female cat

Similar words: house cat, domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus

Definition: any domesticated member of the genus Felis


Synonyms: queen

Definition: the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

Similar words: insect

Definition: small air-breathing arthropod


Synonyms: queen, queen mole rat

Definition: an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males

Similar words: naked mole rat

Definition: fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites


Synonyms: queen

Definition: (chess) the most powerful piece

Similar words: chess piece, chessman

Definition: any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess


Synonyms: queen

Definition: one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen

Similar words: face card, picture card, court card

Definition: one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face


Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, pansy, nance, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf

Definition: offensive term for an openly homosexual man

Similar words: gay man, shirtlifter

Definition: a homosexual man


Synonyms: king, queen, world-beater

Definition: a competitor who holds a preeminent position

Similar words: rival, contender, challenger, competition, competitor

Definition: the contestant you hope to defeat

Usage: he had respect for his rivals; he wanted to know what the competition was doing


Synonyms: queen, queen regnant, female monarch

Definition: a female sovereign ruler

Similar words: female aristocrat

Definition: a woman who is an aristocrat


Synonyms: queen

Definition: the wife or widow of a king

Similar words: female aristocrat

Definition: a woman who is an aristocrat


Synonyms: queen

Definition: something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind

Usage: Paris is the queen of cities; the queen of ocean liners

Similar words: personification

Definition: a person who represents an abstract quality

Usage: she is the personification of optimism


Synonyms for (verb) queen

Synonyms: queen

Definition: become a queen

Usage: her pawn queened

Similar words: promote

Definition: be changed for a superior chess or checker piece


Synonyms: queen

Definition: promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess

Similar words: promote

Definition: change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent


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