king
English Thesaurus
1. (chess) the weakest but the most important piece (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | chess piece, chessman, |
| definition | : | any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess (noun.artifact) |
| domain category | : | chess, chess game, |
| definition | : | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king (noun.act) |
2. one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king (noun.artifact)
3. 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.artifact)
| hypernym | : | checker, chequer, |
| definition | : | one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers (noun.artifact) |
| domain category | : | checkers, draughts, |
| definition | : | a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces (noun.act) |
4. a very wealthy or powerful businessman (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | businessman, man of affairs, |
| definition | : | a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | oil tycoon, |
| definition | : | a powerful person in the oil business (noun.person) |
5. a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | king of france, |
| definition | : | the sovereign ruler of France (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | messiah, |
| definition | : | the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ahab, |
| definition | : | according to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | alaric, |
| definition | : | king of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | alfred, alfred the great, |
| definition | : | king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | artaxerxes, artaxerxes i, |
| definition | : | king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | artaxerxes, artaxerxes ii, |
| definition | : | king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | athelstan, |
| definition | : | the first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bruce, robert i, robert the bruce, |
| definition | : | king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | clovis, clovis i, |
| definition | : | king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | croesus, |
| definition | : | last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | darius i, darius the great, |
| definition | : | king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | darius iii, |
| definition | : | king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great; his murder effectively ended the Persian Empire (died in 330 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | david, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | edmund i, |
| definition | : | king of the English who succeeded Athelstan; he drove out the Danes and made peace with Scotland (921-946) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | edmund ii, edmund ironside, |
| definition | : | king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | edward the elder, |
| definition | : | king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | edwin, |
| definition | : | king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | egbert, |
| definition | : | king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ethelbert, |
| definition | : | Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine; codified English law (552-616) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ethelred, ethelred i, |
| definition | : | king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ethelred, ethelred ii, ethelred the unready, |
| definition | : | king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | farouk i, faruk i, |
| definition | : | king of Egypt who in 1952 was ousted by a military coup d'etat (1920-1965) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ferdinand i, ferdinand the great, |
| definition | : | king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ferdinand, ferdinand of aragon, ferdinand the catholic, ferdinand v, king ferdinand, |
| definition | : | the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | frederick i, |
| definition | : | son of Frederick William who in 1701 became the first king of Prussia (1657-1713) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | frederick ii, frederick the great, |
| definition | : | king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | frederick william i, |
| definition | : | son of Frederick I who became king of Prussia in 1713; reformed and strengthened the Prussian army (1688-1740) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | frederick william ii, |
| definition | : | king of Prussia who became involved in a costly war with France (1744-1797) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | frederick william iii, |
| definition | : | king of Prussia who became involved in the Napoleonic Wars (1770-1840) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | frederick william iv, |
| definition | : | king of Prussia who violently suppressed democratic movements (1795-1865) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gaiseric, genseric, |
| definition | : | king of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gilgamesh, |
| definition | : | a legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gordius, |
| definition | : | legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gustavus, gustavus i, |
| definition | : | king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gustavus, gustavus adolphus, gustavus ii, |
| definition | : | king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gustavus, gustavus iii, |
| definition | : | king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gustavus, gustavus iv, |
| definition | : | king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gustavus, gustavus v, |
| definition | : | king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gustavus, gustavus vi, |
| definition | : | the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hammurabi, hammurapi, |
| definition | : | Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | herod, herod the great, |
| definition | : | king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ezekias, hezekiah, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | james, james iv, |
| definition | : | a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jeroboam, jeroboam i, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | leonidas, |
| definition | : | king of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | macbeth, |
| definition | : | king of Scotland (died in 1057) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | pepin, pepin iii, pepin the short, |
| definition | : | king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in 751 (714-768) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | philip ii, philip ii of spain, |
| definition | : | king of Spain and Portugal and husband of Mary I; he supported the Counter Reformation and sent the Spanish Armada to invade England (1527-1598) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | philip ii, philip ii of macedon, |
| definition | : | king of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | philip augustus, philip ii, |
| definition | : | son of Louis VII whose reign as king of France saw wars with the English that regained control of Normandy and Anjou and most of Poitou (1165-1223) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | philip v, |
| definition | : | king of ancient Macedonia whose confrontations with the Romans led to his defeat and his loss of control over Greece (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | philip of valois, philip vi, |
| definition | : | king of France who founded the Valois dynasty; his dispute with Edward III over his succession led to the Hundred Years' War (1293-1350) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ptolemy i, |
| definition | : | the king of Egypt who founded the Macedonian dynasty in Egypt; a close friend and general of Alexander the Great who took charge of Egypt after Alexander died (circa 367-285 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ptolemy ii, |
| definition | : | son of Ptolemy I and king of Egypt who was said to be responsible for the Septuagint (circa 309-247 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | pyrrhus, |
| definition | : | king of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | rameses, ramesses, ramses, |
| definition | : | any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | saul, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) the first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | sennacherib, |
| definition | : | king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | solomon, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | victor emanuel ii, |
| definition | : | king of Italy who completed the unification of Italy by acquiring Venice and Rome (1820-1878) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | victor emanuel iii, |
| definition | : | king of Italy who appointed Mussolini prime minister; he abdicated in 1946 and the monarchy was abolished (1869-1947) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | xerxes i, xerxes the great, |
| definition | : | king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC) (noun.person) |
6. a competitor who holds a preeminent position (noun.person)
7. United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968) (noun.person)
8. United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) (noun.person)
9. United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | tennis player, |
| definition | : | an athlete who plays tennis (noun.person) |
10. preeminence in a particular category or group or field (noun.state)
11. a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom (noun.person)
| derivation | : | kingdom, |
| definition | : | a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | kingdom, realm, |
| definition | : | the domain ruled by a king or queen (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | kingship, |
| definition | : | the dignity or rank or position of a king (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | kinglike, kingly, |
| definition | : | having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | kingdom, |
| definition | : | a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | kingdom, realm, |
| definition | : | the domain ruled by a king or queen (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | kingship, |
| definition | : | the dignity or rank or position of a king (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | kinglike, kingly, |
| definition | : | having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king (adj.all) |
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