king - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

(chess) the weakest but the most important piece

Synonyms

• king

More generic

• chess piece
• chessman

Noun

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

Synonyms

• king

More generic

• court card
• face card
• picture card

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

Synonyms

• king

More generic

• checker
• chequer

Noun

a very wealthy or powerful businessman

Synonyms

• baron
• big businessman
• business leader
• king
• magnate
• mogul
• power
• top executive
• tycoon

More generic

• businessman
• man of affairs

More specific

• oil tycoon

Noun

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

Synonyms

• Rex
• king
• male monarch

More generic

• crowned head
• monarch
• sovereign

Opposite / Antonyms

• queen

More specific

• King of England
• King of France
• King of Great Britain
• King of the Germans

Related

• royal family
• royal house
• royal line
• royalty

Noun

a competitor who holds a preeminent position

Synonyms

• king
• queen
• world-beater

More generic

• challenger
• competition
• competitor
• contender
• rival

Noun

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

Synonyms

• King
• Martin Luther King
• Martin Luther King Jr.

Noun

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

Synonyms

• B. B. King
• King
• Riley B King

Noun

United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

Synonyms

• Billie Jean King
• Billie Jean Moffitt King
• King

Noun

preeminence in a particular category or group or field

Synonyms

• king

More generic

• distinction
• eminence
• note
• preeminence

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