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king Definition

king (kiŋ)

noun

  1. a male ruler of a nation or state usually called a kingdom; male sovereign, limited or absolute; monarch
    1. a man who is supreme or highly successful in some field an oil king
    2. something supreme in its class
  3. a playing card with a conventionalized picture of a king on it
  4. Checkers a piece that has been crowned and can thus move backward as well as forward
  5. Chess the chief piece, which can move one square in any direction

Etymology: ME < OE cyning, akin to ON konungr, OHG kuning < Gmc *kuningaz < *kunja-, kin + -ing-, belonging to: prob. basic sense, either “head of a kin” or “son of noble kin”

adjective

chief (in size, importance, etc.): often in combination

transitive verb

crown ()

King Definition

King (kiŋ)

  1. King, (William Lyon) Mackenzie 1874-1950; Cdn. statesman: prime minister (1921-26; 1926-30; 1935-48)

  2. kiŋ

    King, Martin Luther, Jr. 1929-68; U.S. clergyman & leader in the civil rights movement: assassinated

king Synonyms

king

n.

  1. A male sovereign

    monarch, ruler, majesty, despot, tyrant, potentate, prince, crowned head, emperor, autocrat, czar, tsar, caesar, kaiser, rex (Latin), suzerain, overlord, imperator, regal personage, liege, lord temporal, sultan, caliph, shah, pasha, Dalai Lama, mogul, rajah, maharajah, khan, mikado; see also dictator, ruler 1.

    Antonyms subject, servant, slave.

  2. A man who is preeminent

    lord, chief, head, commander, boss, mogul, tycoon, magnate, master, authority, power, senior, dean, patriarch, star, luminary, leading light, high muck-a-muck*, big shot*, bigwig*, noise*, head honcho*; see also administrator, chief 1, leader 2, personage 2.

    Antonyms underling, menial, flunky.

king Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • crown: Baldwin was crowned the first king of Jerusalem on Christmas Day.
  • anoint: Remember Samuel came to anoint the new king, and they couldn't even find a new king because he was out.

Adjective modifier

  • undisputed: Read Full Article Jupiter - King of the Planets The undisputed king of the planets is Jupiter.
  • Assyrian: They read excerpts from the annals of the Assyrian kings, the Laws of Hammurapi and the Epic of Gilgamesh.
  • Persian: There is no reason at all to believe that the Jewish prophets were not agents of the Persian king.
  • proclaimed: It changes again if you include Henry I to Matilda, even tho Stephen was proclaimed king and crowned accordingly.
  • rightful: Martin Edwards, it drones, would like to see " United emerge as the rightful kings of Europe " .
  • Egyptian: Lion Path Ancient beyond imagination, the Lion Path was the path of Egyptian kings and their families.

Modifies a noun

  • prawn: Starter of mussels and the king prawns were out of this world.
  • scallop: Another antipasto dish was made from chargrilled king scallops that had been threaded onto rosemary stems.
  • penguin: There are around 400,000 pairs of breeding king penguins on the island.
  • bed: Bedroom with stripped wood floor, king size bed, dual aspect.
  • size: Bedroom with stripped wood floor, king size bed, dual aspect.

Noun used with modifier

  • O: You, O king, shall not stain the honorable mouth of my old age, nor my long life lived lawfully.
  • Pharaoh: Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
  • burger: Meeting over, there was just enough time to grab a burger king for lunch before catching the train back to Edinburgh.
  • warrior: It pictures Christ as a warrior King and He's coming back in that sort of motif, or that sort of mode.
  • pagan: Because of her beauty a pagan king made her one of his wives.

Possessives

ransom: While their companies were losing undeclared billions, high executives were rewarding themselves with kings ' ransoms in salaries, options and bonuses.

Preposition: of

Scot: Determined to help Wimund reclaim his birthright, the men pledged their fidelity and joined his crusade against the king of the Scots.