king in English dictionary

  • king

    Meanings and definitions of "king"

    • a male monarch; member of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation
    • (chess) the principal playing piece in chess or variations of chess
    • a playing card with the image of a king on it
    • (transitive) In checkers: to stack a checker on an opponent's piece that has successfully traversed the board to the opposite side. The piece so marked can then move forwards or backwards.
    • noun
      A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
    • noun
      A powerful or influential person.
    • noun
      Something that has a preeminent position.
    • noun
      A component of certain games.
    • noun
      (Britain, slang)
      A king skin.
    • noun
      A male dragonfly; a drake.
    • noun
      A king-sized bed.
    • noun
      Alternative form of [i]qing[/i] (Chinese musical instrument)
    • verb
      To crown king, to make (a person) king.
    • verb
      To rule over as king.
    • verb
      To perform the duties of a king.
    • verb
      To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
    • verb
      To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
    • verb
      To dress and perform as a drag king.
    • The principal playing piece in chess, which moves only one square per move (except in castling) and in all eight directions. When one's king is in "checkmate", the game is won by the opposing player.
    • A male member of a Royal Family and supreme ruler of his nation.
    • king (for senior player) (shogi)
    • king (shogi)
    • A playing card with a picture of a king on its face; the 13th card in a given suit
    • a powerful or influential person
    • a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation
    • a playing piece in chess
    • a playing card with the image of a king in it
    • in checkers
    • noun
      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
    • noun
      a competitor who holds a preeminent position
    • noun
      a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
    • noun
      a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"
    • noun
      (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
    • noun
      one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
    • noun
      preeminence in a particular category or group or field; "the lion is the king of beasts"

    Synonyms of "king" in English dictionary

    B. B. King, preeminence, distinction are the top synonyms of "king" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "king" in English dictionary

    queen, female monarch are the top antonyms of "king" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of king

    • king ( third-person singular simple present kings, present participle kinging, simple past and past participle kinged)
    • king ( plural  kings)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza king, lm  liczba mnoga kings
    • king (plural kings)
    • king (third-person singular simple present kings, present participle kinging, simple past and past participle kinged)
  • King

    Meanings and definitions of "king"

    • The title of a king
    • An English and Scottish surname, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a king or had worked in the king's household.
    • proper
      The title of a king.
    • proper
      An English and Scottish surname, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a king or had worked in the king's household.
    • proper
      (Britain, rail transport)
      King class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
    • noun
      United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
    • noun
      United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
    • noun
      United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

    Synonyms of "king" in English dictionary

    Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., B. B. King are the top synonyms of "king" in the English thesaurus.

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