Synonyms for king

Synonyms for (noun) king

Synonyms: king

Definition: (chess) the weakest but the most important piece

Similar words: chess piece, chessman

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


Synonyms: king

Definition: one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king

Similar words: face card, picture card, court card

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


Synonyms: king

Definition: a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward

Similar words: checker, chequer

Definition: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers


Synonyms: power, baron, big businessman, tycoon, top executive, business leader, mogul, king, magnate

Definition: a very wealthy or powerful businessman

Usage: an oil baron

Similar words: businessman, man of affairs

Definition: a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)


Synonyms: king, male monarch, Rex

Definition: a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

Similar words: sovereign, crowned head, monarch

Definition: a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right


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: Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., King

Definition: United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)

Similar words: civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker

Definition: a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups


Similar words: clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend

Definition: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church


Synonyms: King, Riley B King, B. B. King

Definition: United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)

Similar words: guitar player, guitarist

Definition: a musician who plays the guitar


Similar words: singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer

Definition: a person who sings


Synonyms: Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King, King

Definition: United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

Similar words: tennis player

Definition: an athlete who plays tennis


Synonyms: king

Definition: preeminence in a particular category or group or field

Usage: the lion is the king of beasts

Similar words: preeminence, note, distinction, eminence

Definition: high status importance owing to marked superiority

Usage: a scholar of great eminence


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