king

king is a 4-letter English word with 18 senses as noun and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.
2. noun. A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.
3. noun. One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.
4. noun. A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds.
5. noun. The chief piece in the game of chess.
6. noun. A crowned man in the game of draughts.
7. noun. The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.
8. intransitive verb. To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.
9. noun. (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
10. noun. one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
11. 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
12. noun. a very wealthy or powerful businessman

    "an oil baron"

    Synonyms: baron, magnate, mogul, power, tycoon

13. noun. a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

    Synonyms: rex

14. noun. a competitor who holds a preeminent position

    Synonyms: queen

15. noun. United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
16. noun. United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
17. noun. United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
18. noun. preeminence in a particular category or group or field

    "the lion is the king of beasts"

Synonyms

baron, magnate, mogul, power, tycoon, rex, queen

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in king:

gink

Common word forms

kings, kinged, kingly, kinging, kingless

Words from these letters

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