king

Meaning of king

noun
  1. the male ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.
    King Henry VIII
  2. the most important chess piece, of which each player has one, which the opponent has to checkmate in order to win. The king can move in any direction, including diagonally, to any adjacent square that is not attacked by an opponent's piece or pawn.
verb
  1. make (someone) king.
  2. act in an unpleasantly superior and domineering way.
    he'll start kinging it over the lot of us again
    science kings it over the realm of intellectual discourse

Old English cyning, cyng, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koning and German König, also to kin.

noun

the British national anthem.

evidence suggests a 17th-century origin for the complete words and tune of the anthem. The ultimate origin is obscure: the phrase ‘God save the King’ occurs in various passages in the Old Testament, while as early as 1545 it was a watchword in the navy, with ‘long to reign over us’ as a countersign.

Information about king

  • The plural form of king is: kings.
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Hyphenation of king

king

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • king is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

king synonyms

Meaning male monarch:

Rex

Meaning queen:

queen

Meaning baron:

baron, magnate, mogul, power, tycoon

Meaning King:

King

Meaning a person exercising government or dominion:

ruler

Meaning a supreme ruler, especially a monarch:

sovereign

Meaning a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor:

monarch

Meaning impressive beauty, scale, or stateliness:

majesty

Meaning the monarchy or reigning monarch:

Crown

Meaning a sovereign ruler of an empire:

emperor

Meaning a male monarch of a small state, actually, nominally, or originally subject to a king or emperor:

prince

Meaning a monarch or ruler, especially an autocratic one:

potentate

Meaning a ruler, especially a feudal lord:

overlord

Meaning a master or ruler:

lord

Meaning the person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country:

leader

Meaning a leader or ruler of a people or clan:

chief

Translation of king

Anagrams of king

gink

Words that rhyme with king

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