pawn

/pˈɔn/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. an article deposited as security
2. a person used by another to gain an end
3. (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
4. borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan

verb

1. leave as a guarantee in return for money
   “pawn your grandfather's gold watch”

Synonyms for pawn

• instrument
• cat's-paw
• soak
• hock

Words that rhyme with pawn

• dawn
• gone
• fawn
• prawn
• yawn
• anon
• bygone
• coupon
• drawn
• withdrawn
• woebegone
• brawn
• daikon
• exon
• foregone
• hadron
• lawn
• mastodon
• piton
• thereon
• adon
• aguillon
• aleron
• amadon
• anton
• arabichon
• arabicon
• aune
• ayon
• balon