king
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
Types & categories
- monarch
- King of England
- King of France
- King of the Germans
- Messiah
- Ahab
- Akhenaton
- Alaric
- Alfred
- Artaxerxes I
- Artaxerxes
- Ashurbanipal
- Athelstan
- Attila
- Robert the Bruce
- Carl XVI Gustav
- Clovis
- Croesus
- Cyrus II
- Darius I
- Darius III
- David
- Edmund I
- Edmund II
- Edward the Elder
- Edwin
- Egbert
- Ethelbert
- Ethelred I
- Ethelred
- Fahd
- Faisal
- Farouk I
- Ferdinand the Great
- Ferdinand
- Frederick I
- Frederick II
- Frederick William I
- Frederick William II
- Frederick William III
- Frederick William IV
- Genseric
- Gilgamesh
- Gordius
- Gustavus I
- Gustavus II
- Gustavus III
- Gustavus IV
- Gustavus V
- Gustavus
- Hammurabi
- Herod
- Hezekiah
- ibn Talal Hussein
- James
- Jeroboam
- Juan Carlos
- Kamehameha I
- Leonidas
- Macbeth
- Mithridates
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Olaf II
- Pepin
- Philip II of Spain
- Philip II of Macedon
- Philip II
- Philip V
- Philip VI
- Ptolemy I
- Ptolemy II
- Pyrrhus
- Rameses
- Saul
- Sennacherib
- Solomon
- Tarquin
- Victor Emanuel II
- Victor Emanuel III
- Xerxes I
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a competitor who holds a preeminent position
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
a very wealthy or powerful businessman
an oil baron
Types & categories
Sense 4 noun
preeminence in a particular category or group or field
the lion is the king of beasts
Types & categories
Sense 5 noun
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
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
Types & categories
Sense 7 noun
(chess) the weakest but the most important piece
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | queen regnant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kingdom |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | realm |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kingship |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kingly |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | royal family |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | monarch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | King of England |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | King of France |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | King of the Germans |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Messiah |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ahab |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Akhenaton |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Alaric |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Alfred |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Artaxerxes I |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Artaxerxes |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ashurbanipal |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Athelstan |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Attila |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Robert the Bruce |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Carl XVI Gustav |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Clovis |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Croesus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cyrus II |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Darius I |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Darius III |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | David |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Edmund I |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Edmund II |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Edward the Elder |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Edwin |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Egbert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ethelbert |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ethelred I |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ethelred |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Fahd |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Faisal |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Farouk I |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ferdinand the Great |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ferdinand |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Frederick I |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Frederick II |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Frederick William I |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Frederick William II |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Frederick William III |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Frederick William IV |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Genseric |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gilgamesh |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gordius |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gustavus I |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gustavus II |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gustavus III |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gustavus IV |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gustavus V |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gustavus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hammurabi |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Herod |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hezekiah |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | ibn Talal Hussein |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | James |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Jeroboam |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Juan Carlos |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Kamehameha I |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Leonidas |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Macbeth |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mithridates |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Nebuchadnezzar |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Olaf II |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pepin |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Philip II of Spain |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Philip II of Macedon |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Philip II |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Philip V |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Philip VI |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ptolemy I |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ptolemy II |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pyrrhus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Rameses |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Saul |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sennacherib |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Solomon |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Tarquin |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Victor Emanuel II |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Victor Emanuel III |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Xerxes I |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rival |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | businessman |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | oil tycoon |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | eminence |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | checkers |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | chequer |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | face card |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chess game |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | chessman |