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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

fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf

noun, as in a female sovereign ruler

queen regnant, female monarch

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

queen mole rat

noun, as in female cat

tabby

also used for queen

face-sit, king

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Opposites of queen

What does queen mean?12

noun

1

offensive term for a homosexual man

2

a female sovereign ruler

3

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

4

female cat

5

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

6

the wife or widow of a king

7

something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind“Paris is the queen of cities”

8

one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen

9

(chess) the most powerful piece

10

a female competitor who holds a preeminent position

verb

1

promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess

2

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