king

/kˈɪŋ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
2. a competitor who holds a preeminent position
3. a very wealthy or powerful businessman
   “an oil baron”
4. preeminence in a particular category or group or field
   “the lion is the king of beasts”
5. United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
6. United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
7. United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
8. 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
9. one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
10. (chess) the weakest but the most important piece

Synonyms for king

• male monarch
• Rex
• queen
• world-beater
• baron
• big businessman
• business leader
• magnate
• mogul
• power
• top executive
• tycoon
• Billie Jean King
• Billie Jean Moffitt King
• B. B. King
• Riley B King
• Martin Luther King
• Martin Luther King Jr.

Antonyms of king

• queen

Words that rhyme with king

• swing
• string
• ring
• thing
• wing
• bring
• spring
• sting
• sling
• fling
• ping
• ling
• sing
• wring
• cling
• colouring
• ding
• hamstring
• modeling
• offspring
• ting
• downswing
• modelling
• shoestring
• splattering
• wellspring
• zing
• coiling
• forewing
• pissing