queen
/kwiːn/noun, verb1 syllable
Queen means: offensive term for a homosexual man.
Synonyms for queen16
noun, as in offensive term for a homosexual man
noun, as in a female sovereign ruler
noun, as in an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
noun, as in female cat
Opposites of queen
What does queen mean?12
noun
offensive term for a homosexual man
a female sovereign ruler
an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
female cat
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
the wife or widow of a king
something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind“Paris is the queen of cities”
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
(chess) the most powerful piece
a female competitor who holds a preeminent position
verb
promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
become a queen“her pawn queened”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with queen?51
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Queen in a sentence
- The chess pieces are pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen, and king.MatthewChriswood
- In all eras, the rose, queen of flowers, has fascinated mankind.AsaeP
- She entered the place with wild gesticulations, feeling as the queen of the party.arh
- In chess, the bishop is closer to the queen.shayan
- The queen saw something black on the sea, which seemed to be coming nearer.Hybrid
- The king and queen embraced each other, and she told him the whole story.Hybrid
- The chess pieces are: king, queen, bishop, knight, rook and pawn.carlosalberto
- You haven’t seen the queen’s charming daughter, have you?jimkillock
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Forms of queen
as a noun
- plural
- queens
as a verb
- past tense
- queened
- present participle
- queening
- third-person singular
- queens
- past participle
- queened