Synonyms for king

Noun

1. king, male monarch, sovereign, crowned head, monarch

usage: a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

2. king, queen, world-beater, rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender

usage: a competitor who holds a preeminent position

3. baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon, businessman, man of affairs

usage: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"

4. king, eminence, distinction, preeminence, note

usage: preeminence in a particular category or group or field; "the lion is the king of beasts"

5. King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King, tennis player

usage: United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

6. King, B. B. King, Riley B King, singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser, guitarist, guitar player

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

7. King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth, civil rights leader, civil rights worker, civil rights activist

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

8. king, checker

usage: 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. king, face card, picture card, court card

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

10. king, chessman, chess piece

usage: (chess) the weakest but the most important piece