kingnoun [ C ]
uk/kɪŋ/us/kɪŋ/king noun [ C ] (MALE RULER)
A2 (the title of) a male ruler of a country, who holds this position because of his royal birth:
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- Prince Juan Carlos of Spain became king in 1975.
- The coronation of a new king is, of course, a historic occasion.
- Most modern kings and queens rule only in a formal way, without real power.
- The Spanish Armada was sent by the king of Spain to invade England in 1588.
- He bowed down before the king and begged for mercy.
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Royalty, aristocracy & titles
- accession
- archduke
- aristocracy
- aristocrat
- baron
- ennoble
- er
- esquire
- grace
- hereditary peer
- Mr
- Mrs
- nobility
- noble
- nobleman
- sire
- sovereign
- squire
- sultan
- throne
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king noun [ C ] (MOST IMPORTANT)
C1 the most important, best, or most respected member of a group of animals, things, or people:
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Good and excellent things
- badass
- be the best thing since sliced bread idiom
- beaut
- beauty
- belter
- bunch
- flagship
- gem
- jewel
- jim-dandy
- lulu
- marvel
- paragon
- peach
- phenomenon
- the flower of sth idiom
- the jewel in the crown idiom
- the pick of sth idiom
- the real deal
- the Rolls-Royce of sth idiom
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king noun [ C ] (GAMES)
In the game of chess, the king is the most important piece on the board. It can move one square in any direction.
a card with a picture of a king on it, used in games:
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Board games
- backgammon
- bishop
- blitz
- board game
- castle
- Chinese chequers
- Chutes and Ladders
- counter
- defence
- draught
- endgame
- forfeit
- gambit
- pawn
- pin
- queen
- queenside
- resign
- rook
- square
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Idiom(s)
kingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/kɪŋ/us/kɪŋ/used as part of the name of something that is larger than the ordinary type:
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Enormous
- a whale of a idiom
- almighty
- astronomical
- astronomically
- behemoth
- ginormous
- huge
- humungous
- immeasurable
- immense
- mountainous
- overwhelming
- precipitous
- prodigious
- sth knows no bounds idiom
- stratospheric
- terrific
- thumping
- walloping
- yawning
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