Synonyms for king
kɪŋking

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1. king, male monarch, Rexnoun

   a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

   Synonyms:
   power, world-beater, mogul, male monarch, big businessman, magnate, top executive, business leader, tycoon, baron

   Antonyms:
   queen regnant, queen, female monarch

2. king, queen, world-beaternoun

   a competitor who holds a preeminent position

   Synonyms:
   power, queen mole rat, tycoon, magnate, business leader, male monarch, baron, big businessman, female monarch, mogul, queen regnant, tabby, world-beater, top executive

   Antonyms:
   female monarch, queen, queen regnant

3. baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoonnoun

   a very wealthy or powerful businessman

   "an oil baron"

   Synonyms:
   power, exponent, index, ability, great power, might, tycoon, force, magnate, top executive, world power, superpower, business leader, powerfulness, mightiness, male monarch, baron, big businessman, major power, mogul, office, world-beater

   Antonyms:
   queen, female monarch, queen regnant

4. kingnoun

   preeminence in a particular category or group or field

   "the lion is the king of beasts"

   Synonyms:
   power, world-beater, mogul, male monarch, big businessman, magnate, top executive, business leader, tycoon, baron

   Antonyms:
   queen regnant, queen, female monarch

5. King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt Kingnoun

   United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

   Synonyms:
   power, world-beater, mogul, male monarch, big businessman, magnate, top executive, business leader, tycoon, baron

   Antonyms:
   female monarch, queen, queen regnant

6. King, B. B. King, Riley B Kingnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   power, world-beater, mogul, male monarch, big businessman, magnate, top executive, business leader, tycoon, baron

   Antonyms:
   female monarch, queen, queen regnant

7. King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.noun

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

   Synonyms:
   power, world-beater, mogul, male monarch, big businessman, magnate, top executive, business leader, tycoon, baron

   Antonyms:
   female monarch, queen, queen regnant

8. kingnoun

   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:
   power, world-beater, mogul, male monarch, big businessman, magnate, top executive, business leader, tycoon, baron

   Antonyms:
   queen regnant, female monarch, queen

9. kingnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   power, world-beater, mogul, male monarch, big businessman, magnate, top executive, business leader, tycoon, baron

   Antonyms:
   queen, female monarch, queen regnant

10. kingnoun

    (chess) the weakest but the most important piece

    Synonyms:
    power, world-beater, mogul, male monarch, big businessman, magnate, top executive, business leader, tycoon, baron

    Antonyms:
    queen regnant, queen, female monarch

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   • Rival
   • Singer
   • Tennis Player

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1. adon

   the ancient word adon comes from a ugaritic word for 'lord' or 'father.' adon means lord in a general sense and can be used as a male child's name. various forms of the term adon are used in the hebrew bible and in other jewish writings.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

2. ashoka

   Submitted by anonymous on January 21, 2020  

3. naren

   a real king born only to win

   Submitted by anonymous on December 28, 2020  

4. rix

   royalty

   Submitted by anonymous on February 16, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. kingnoun

   Synonyms:
   sovereign, monarch

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1. kingnoun

   Synonyms:
   monarch, sovereign, potentate, regulus

   Associated words:
   regicide royalty, regnal, regnant, regnancy, regalia, viceroy, camarilla, dynastic, dynasty

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1. List of paraphrases for "king":

   roi, rey, monarch, rei, koning, könig, wang, király, al-malik, ipe, keng, re, emperor, kung, król, jing, qiong, scenic, kanj, kinga

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1. List of known nicknames for "King":

   Algenard Herring, Poli Vulture, The Cosmic American

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1. Thomas Jefferson:

   He [King George III] has erected a multitude of New Offices and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

2. President Putin:

   Not always -- well, haven't presidents been killed in President Putin ? have you forgotten about -- well, has Kennedy been killed in Russia or in President Putin ? Or Mr. King ? What -- and what happens to the clashes between police and, well, civil society, and some -- several ethnic groups ? Well, that's something that happens on the President Putin soil. All of us have our own set of domestic problems.

3. Deshawn Yeldell:

   Not the king of anyone else. I call my self a King because indeed I am a King of I myself only. -DeShawn Yeldell / MillYentei

4. Mo Brooks:

   And if I have to filibuster on the Senate floor, I ’ll even read the King James Bible until the wall is funded.

5. Eliza Mother Stewart:

   No power on earth or above the bottomless pit has such influence to terrorize and make cowards of men as the liquor power. Satan could not have fallen on a more potent instrument with which to thrall the world. Alcohol is king