queen
1 of 2noun
ˈkwēn 
plural queens
1
a
: the wife or widow of a king
b
: the wife or widow of a tribal chief
2
a
: a female monarch
b
: a female chieftain
3
a
: a woman eminent in rank, power, or attractions
a movie queen
b
: a goddess or a thing personified as female and having supremacy in a specified realm
c
: an attractive girl or woman
especially : a beauty contest winner
4
: the most privileged piece of each color in a set of chessmen having the power to move in any direction across any number of unoccupied squares
5
: a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a queen
6
: the fertile fully developed female of social bees, wasps, ants, and termites whose function is to lay eggs
7
: a mature female cat kept especially for breeding
8
slang, often disparaging : a gay man
especially : an effeminate one
9
: drag queen
queen
2 of 2verb
queened; queening; queens
intransitive verb
1
: to act like a queen
especially : to put on airs —usually used with it
queens it over her friends
2
: to become a queen in chess
the pawn queens
transitive verb
: to promote (a pawn) to a queen in chess
Synonyms
Noun
- diva
- goddess
- princess
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun She was crowned queen of England. the reign of Queen Elizabeth the king and his queen the queen of the blues She was voted queen of the prom. This ship is the queen of all the ocean liners. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017 THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA. Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017 One archetypal medieval gown in deep ultramarine velvet had structured straps diagonally across the bust, leading the eye down to floor length slit sleeves — styles worn by queens in court. Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, 5 July 2017 And then there's a forthcoming new album with his band The Good, The Band & The Queen that features the Clash's Paul Simonon, Simon Tong and Tony Allen. Dan Hyman, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2017 Kings, queens and governments from around the world contributed bulbs, plants and statuary representing their country's culture, such as a Chinese bridge, and woodcarvings from Norway. Joan Dittmann, Post-Tribune, 5 July 2017 Leanne is running out of money to pay for her dream of making her 11-year-old daughter, Patty (Ursula Parker), a pageant queen. Rick Bentley, kansascity.com, 5 July 2017 Shawl: Tru Blue silk queen kimono, $242, Planet Blue. star-telegram.com, 5 July 2017 Imagine one person tells you that his ideal form of government would be to get rid of the Constitution and make Kim Kardashian queen. Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 5 July 2017 Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 10 Mar. 2022 The award show's account even wished the country queen a happy birthday with some throwback photos of Dolly's iconic looks throughout the years. Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 8 Feb. 2022 Legend has it that Tzul celebrated his victory by crowning himself king with the crown of St. Joseph and his wife, Felipa Soc, queen with the crown of St.Cecília, according to Ramírez-Figueroa. Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Nov. 2021 Style up your leggings like the Skims queen herself and be a Kardashian for a night. Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2021 The last dance, last chance, to skate, as disco queen Donna Summer would put it, is on May 8. Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021 Giving either queen the victory or the loss would have been warranted. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2021 There would have been no Elton John, queening in front of millions, or David Bowie, who freely credited Little Richard’s inspiration. New York Times, 11 May 2020 As expected, fans were thrilled to see the country queen grace their television screens looking as fierce as ever. Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 27 Jan. 2020 See More
Noun
While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good. David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017 THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA. Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017 One archetypal medieval gown in deep ultramarine velvet had structured straps diagonally across the bust, leading the eye down to floor length slit sleeves — styles worn by queens in court. Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, 5 July 2017 And then there's a forthcoming new album with his band The Good, The Band & The Queen that features the Clash's Paul Simonon, Simon Tong and Tony Allen. Dan Hyman, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2017 Kings, queens and governments from around the world contributed bulbs, plants and statuary representing their country's culture, such as a Chinese bridge, and woodcarvings from Norway. Joan Dittmann, Post-Tribune, 5 July 2017 Leanne is running out of money to pay for her dream of making her 11-year-old daughter, Patty (Ursula Parker), a pageant queen. Rick Bentley, kansascity.com, 5 July 2017 Shawl: Tru Blue silk queen kimono, $242, Planet Blue. star-telegram.com, 5 July 2017 Imagine one person tells you that his ideal form of government would be to get rid of the Constitution and make Kim Kardashian queen. Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 5 July 2017 Verb
People even flocked to Twitter to show the country queen some love. Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 10 Mar. 2022 The award show's account even wished the country queen a happy birthday with some throwback photos of Dolly's iconic looks throughout the years. Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 8 Feb. 2022 Legend has it that Tzul celebrated his victory by crowning himself king with the crown of St. Joseph and his wife, Felipa Soc, queen with the crown of St.Cecília, according to Ramírez-Figueroa. Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Nov. 2021 Style up your leggings like the Skims queen herself and be a Kardashian for a night. Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2021 The last dance, last chance, to skate, as disco queen Donna Summer would put it, is on May 8. Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021 Giving either queen the victory or the loss would have been warranted. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2021 There would have been no Elton John, queening in front of millions, or David Bowie, who freely credited Little Richard’s inspiration. New York Times, 11 May 2020 As expected, fans were thrilled to see the country queen grace their television screens looking as fierce as ever. Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 27 Jan. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English quene, from Old English cwēn woman, wife, queen; akin to Goth qens wife, Greek gynē woman, Sanskrit jani
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1611, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Phrases Containing queen
Kids Definition
queen
noun
ˈkwēn
1
: a woman who rules a country or kingdom
2
: the wife or widow of a king
3
: a woman or girl who is highly respected or well-known within a field
the queen of the blues
4
: the most powerful piece in the game of chess
5
: a playing card bearing the figure of a queen
6
: a fully developed adult female insect (as a bee, ant, or termite) that lays eggs
queens
noun
1
as in divas
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity during the years that she was queen of the figure skating world, the endorsement offers poured in Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- divas
- goddesses
- princesses
- priestesses
- dive
- high priestesses
- prima donnas
2
as in goddesses
a lovely woman most men might not look at her twice, but in her lover's eyes she's a queen Synonyms & Similar Words
- goddesses
- beauties
- eyefuls
- belles
- honeys
- cookies
- babes
- foxes
- fox
- beauty queens
- dolls
- cuties
- enchantresses
- pretties
- peaches
- stunners
- dolly birds
- cuteys
- charmers
- knockouts
- pinup girls
- hotties
- cover girls
- dishes
- temptresses
- vamps
- bathing beauties
- coquettes
- sirens
- lookers
- dreamboats
- houris
- femmes fatales
- cutie-pies
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- bags
- witches
- hags
- crones
- frumps