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| n. (body) | 1. caput, head | the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains.; "he stuck his head out the window" |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ muzzle | forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose. |
| ~ body, organic structure, physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being).; "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" |
| ~ external body part | any body part visible externally. |
| ~ ear | the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium. |
| ~ arteria basilaris, basilar artery | an unpaired artery; supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear. |
| ~ brain, encephalon | that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord. |
| ~ human head | the head of a human being. |
| ~ skull | the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates. |
| ~ face, human face | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" |
| ~ temple | the flat area on either side of the forehead.; "the veins in his temple throbbed" |
| n. (animal) | 2. head | a single domestic animal.; "200 head of cattle" |
| ~ domestic animal, domesticated animal | any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. brain, head, mind, nous, psyche | that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason.; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" |
| ~ cognition, knowledge, noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. |
| ~ noddle | an informal British expression for head or mind.; "use your noddle" |
| ~ tabula rasa | a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke). |
| ~ ego | (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind. |
| ~ unconscious, unconscious mind | that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware. |
| ~ subconscious, subconscious mind | psychic activity just below the level of awareness. |
| n. (person) | 4. chief, head, top dog | a person who is in charge.; "the head of the whole operation" |
| ~ leader | a person who rules or guides or inspires others. |
| ~ administrator, executive | someone who manages a government agency or department. |
| ~ administrator, decision maker | someone who administers a business. |
| ~ capo | the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate. |
| ~ department head | the head of a department. |
| ~ don, father | the head of an organized crime family. |
| ~ superior general, general | the head of a religious order or congregation. |
| ~ general manager | the highest ranking manager. |
| ~ grand dragon | a high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan. |
| ~ head of household | the head of a household or family or tribe. |
| ~ secretary | a person who is head of an administrative department of government. |
| n. (group) | 5. head | the front of a military formation or procession.; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ formation | an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit.; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 6. head | the pressure exerted by a fluid.; "a head of steam" |
| ~ force per unit area, pressure, pressure level | the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit).; "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure" |
| n. (location) | 7. head | the top of something.; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list" |
| ~ top | the upper part of anything.; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page" |
| n. (location) | 8. fountainhead, head, headspring | the source of water from which a stream arises.; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" |
| ~ origin, source, root, rootage, beginning | the place where something begins, where it springs into being.; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" |
| n. (communication) | 9. head, head word | (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent. |
| ~ grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics). |
| ~ word | a unit of language that native speakers can identify.; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" |
| n. (state) | 10. head | the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates). |
| ~ tip, peak, point | a V shape.; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" |
| ~ abscess | symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue. |
| n. (quantity) | 11. head | the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head.; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head" |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| n. (plant) | 12. capitulum, head | a dense cluster of flowers or foliage.; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce" |
| ~ plant organ | a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus. |
| n. (person) | 13. head, head teacher, principal, school principal | the educator who has executive authority for a school.; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal" |
| ~ chancellor | the honorary or titular head of a university. |
| ~ educator, pedagog, pedagogue | someone who educates young people. |
| ~ headmaster, schoolmaster, master | presiding officer of a school. |
| ~ headmistress | a woman headmaster. |
| n. (person) | 14. head | an individual person.; "tickets are $5 per head" |
| ~ individual | a single organism. |
| n. (person) | 15. head | a user of (usually soft) drugs.; "the office was full of secret heads" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ acid head | someone who takes LSD. |
| ~ drug user, substance abuser, user | a person who takes drugs. |
| ~ hash head | a user of hashish. |
| ~ pill head | a consumer of amphetamine pills. |
| ~ pothead | someone who smokes marijuana habitually. |
| n. (object) | 16. foreland, head, headland, promontory | a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea). |
| ~ cape horn | a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego). |
| ~ calpe, gibraltar, rock of gibraltar | location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules. |
| ~ cape hatteras | a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.; "frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras" |
| ~ cape canaveral, cape kennedy | a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight. |
| ~ cape sable | a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia. |
| ~ abila, abyla, jebel musa | a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules. |
| ~ mull | a term used in Scottish names of promontories.; "the Mull of Kintyre" |
| ~ natural elevation, elevation | a raised or elevated geological formation. |
| ~ point | a promontory extending out into a large body of water.; "they sailed south around the point" |
| n. (object) | 17. head | a rounded compact mass.; "the head of a comet" |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| n. (object) | 18. head | the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container.; "the beer had a large head of foam" |
| ~ foam, froth | a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.; "the beer had a thick head of foam" |
| n. (location) | 19. forefront, head | the part in the front or nearest the viewer.; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" |
| ~ forepart, front, front end | the side that is forward or prominent. |
| n. (event) | 20. head, pass, straits | a difficult juncture.; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" |
| ~ juncture, occasion | an event that occurs at a critical time.; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions" |
| n. (event) | 21. head, headway | forward movement.; "the ship made little headway against the gale" |
| ~ advance, progression, progress | a movement forward.; "he listened for the progress of the troops" |
| n. (communication) | 22. head, point | a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer.; "the point of the arrow was due north" |
| ~ mark | a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation).; "his answer was just a punctuation mark" |
| ~ arrow, pointer | a mark to indicate a direction or relation. |
| n. (communication) | 23. head, question | the subject matter at issue.; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets" |
| ~ subject, theme, topic | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion.; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love" |
| ~ problem | a question raised for consideration or solution.; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve" |
| ~ matter of fact, question of fact | a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide. |
| ~ matter of law, question of law | a disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decide. |
| n. (communication) | 24. head, header, heading | a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about.; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" |
| ~ crosshead, crossheading | a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text. |
| ~ headline, newspaper headline | the heading or caption of a newspaper article. |
| ~ lemma | the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry. |
| ~ rubric | a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type. |
| ~ running head, running headline | a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book. |
| ~ subhead, subheading | a heading of a subdivision of a text. |
| ~ statute title, title, rubric | a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with.; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools" |
| ~ line | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen.; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza" |
| n. (body) | 25. head | the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint.; "the head of the humerus" |
| ~ anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing.; "he has good bone structure" |
| n. (body) | 26. head | that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves. |
| ~ anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing.; "he has good bone structure" |
| ~ skeletal muscle, striated muscle | a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes. |
| n. (artifact) | 27. head, read/write head | (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk. |
| ~ coil | reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| n. (artifact) | 28. head | (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head.; "call heads or tails!" |
| ~ obverse | the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design. |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ coin | a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money. |
| n. (artifact) | 29. head | the striking part of a tool.; "the head of the hammer" |
| ~ face | the striking or working surface of an implement. |
| ~ club-head, club head, clubhead, golf-club head | (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball. |
| ~ hammer | a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking. |
| ~ hammerhead | the striking part of a hammer. |
| ~ ram | a tool for driving or forcing something by impact. |
| ~ striker | the part of a mechanical device that strikes something. |
| n. (artifact) | 30. head | (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship. |
| ~ john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet, bathroom, can | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets. |
| n. (artifact) | 31. head | a projection out from one end.; "the head of the nail"; "a pinhead is the head of a pin" |
| ~ bolt | a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener. |
| ~ nail | a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener. |
| ~ pin | a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things. |
| ~ pinhead | the head of a pin. |
| ~ projection | any structure that branches out from a central support. |
| ~ screw | a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head. |
| n. (artifact) | 32. drumhead, head | a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum. |
| ~ drum, membranophone, tympan | a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end. |
| ~ membrane | a thin pliable sheet of material. |
| n. (act) | 33. head, oral sex | oral stimulation of the genitals.; "they say he gives good head" |
| ~ sexual perversion, perversion | an aberrant sexual practice. |
| ~ cunnilinctus, cunnilingus | oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris. |
| ~ fellatio, fellation | oral stimulation of the penis. |
| ~ sixty-nine, soixante-neuf | oral sex practiced simultaneously by two people. |
| v. (motion) | 34. head | to go or travel towards.; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" |
| ~ go forward, proceed, continue | move ahead; travel onward in time or space.; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" |
| ~ take, make | head into a specified direction.; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" |
| v. (social) | 35. head, lead | be in charge of.; "Who is heading this project?" |
| ~ direct | be in charge of. |
| ~ chair, chairman | act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university.; "She chaired the department for many years" |
| ~ captain | be the captain of a sports team. |
| ~ spearhead | be the leader of.; "She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease" |
| ~ take charge, take control, take hold | assume control. |
| v. (motion) | 36. head, lead | travel in front of; go in advance of others.; "The procession was headed by John" |
| ~ precede, lead | move ahead (of others) in time or space. |
| ~ draw away | move ahead of (one's competitors) in a race. |
| ~ head up, head | be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel.; "This student heads the class" |
| v. (stative) | 37. head, head up | be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel.; "This student heads the class" |
| ~ head, lead | travel in front of; go in advance of others.; "The procession was headed by John" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (motion) | 38. channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer | direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. |
| ~ dock | maneuver into a dock.; "dock the ships" |
| ~ sheer | cause to sheer.; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" |
| ~ pull over | steer a vehicle to the side of the road.; "The car pulled over when the ambulance approached at high speed" |
| ~ helm | be at or take the helm of.; "helm the ship" |
| ~ crab | direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind. |
| ~ navigate | direct carefully and safely.; "He navigated his way to the altar" |
| ~ stand out | steer away from shore, of ships. |
| ~ starboard | turn to the right, of helms or rudders. |
| ~ conn | conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane. |
| ~ navigate, pilot | act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance.; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" |
| ~ canalise, canalize, channel | direct the flow of.; "channel information towards a broad audience" |
| ~ tree, corner | force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape. |
| ~ park | maneuver a vehicle into a parking space.; "Park the car in front of the library"; "Can you park right here?" |
| ~ control, command | exercise authoritative control or power over.; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" |
| v. (stative) | 39. head | take its rise.; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas" |
| ~ arise, originate, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise | come into existence; take on form or shape.; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" |
| v. (stative) | 40. head | be in the front of or on top of.; "The list was headed by the name of the president" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| ~ surmount | be on top of.; "The scarf surmounted the gown" |
| ~ crown | form the topmost part of.; "A weather vane crowns the building" |
| v. (stative) | 41. head | form a head or come or grow to a head.; "The wheat headed early this year" |
| ~ form | assume a form or shape.; "the water formed little beads" |
| v. (contact) | 42. head | remove the head of.; "head the fish" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| king | | |
| n. (person) | 1. king, male monarch, rex | a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom. |
| ~ royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty | royal persons collectively.; "the wedding was attended by royalty" |
| ~ messiah | the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people. |
| ~ king of england, king of great britain | the sovereign ruler of England. |
| ~ king of france | the sovereign ruler of France. |
| ~ king of the germans | the sovereign ruler of the Germans. |
| ~ crowned head, monarch, sovereign | a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right. |
| ~ ahab | according to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC). |
| ~ akhenaten, akhenaton, amenhotep iv, ikhanaton | early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC). |
| ~ alaric | king of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410). |
| ~ alfred, alfred the great | king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899). |
| ~ artaxerxes i, artaxerxes | king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC). |
| ~ artaxerxes, artaxerxes ii | king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC). |
| ~ ashurbanipal, assurbanipal, asurbanipal | king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC). |
| ~ athelstan | the first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939). |
| ~ attila, attila the hun, scourge of god, scourge of the gods | king of the Huns; the most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (406-453). |
| ~ robert i, robert the bruce, bruce | king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329). |
| ~ carl xvi gustaf, carl xvi gustav | king of Sweden since 1973 (born 1946). |
| ~ clovis, clovis i | king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511). |
| ~ croesus | last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC). |
| ~ cyrus ii, cyrus the elder, cyrus the great | king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC). |
| ~ darius i, darius the great | king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC). |
| ~ darius iii | king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great; his murder effectively ended the Persian Empire (died in 330 BC). |
| ~ david | (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC). |
| ~ edmund i | king of the English who succeeded Athelstan; he drove out the Danes and made peace with Scotland (921-946). |
| ~ edmund ii, edmund ironside | king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016). |
| ~ edward the elder | king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924). |
| ~ edwin | king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633). |
| ~ egbert | king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839). |
| ~ ethelbert | Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine; codified English law (552-616). |
| ~ ethelred i, ethelred | king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871). |
| ~ ethelred, ethelred ii, ethelred the unready | king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016). |
| ~ fahd, fahd ibn abdel aziz al-saud | king of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005 (1923-2005). |
| ~ faisal, faisal ibn abdel aziz al-saud | king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975). |
| ~ farouk i, faruk i | king of Egypt who in 1952 was ousted by a military coup d'etat (1920-1965). |
| ~ ferdinand the great, ferdinand i | king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065). |
| ~ ferdinand, ferdinand of aragon, ferdinand the catholic, ferdinand v, king ferdinand | the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516). |
| ~ frederick i | son of Frederick William who in 1701 became the first king of Prussia (1657-1713). |
| ~ frederick ii, frederick the great | king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786). |
| ~ frederick william i | son of Frederick I who became king of Prussia in 1713; reformed and strengthened the Prussian army (1688-1740). |
| ~ frederick william ii | king of Prussia who became involved in a costly war with France (1744-1797). |
| ~ frederick william iii | king of Prussia who became involved in the Napoleonic Wars (1770-1840). |
| ~ frederick william iv | king of Prussia who violently suppressed democratic movements (1795-1865). |
| ~ gaiseric, genseric | king of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477). |
| ~ gilgamesh | a legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories. |
| ~ gordius | legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot. |
| ~ gustavus i, gustavus | king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560). |
| ~ gustavus adolphus, gustavus ii, gustavus | king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632). |
| ~ gustavus iii, gustavus | king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792). |
| ~ gustavus iv, gustavus | king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837). |
| ~ gustavus v, gustavus | king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950). |
| ~ gustavus, gustavus vi | the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973). |
| ~ hammurabi, hammurapi | Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC). |
| ~ herod, herod the great | king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC). |
| ~ ezekias, hezekiah | (Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC). |
| ~ ibn talal hussein, king hussein, husain, husayn, hussein | king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999). |
| ~ james, james iv | a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513). |
| ~ jeroboam, jeroboam i | (Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC). |
| ~ juan carlos, juan carlos victor maria de borbon y borbon | king of Spain since 1975 (born in 1938). |
| ~ kamehameha i, kamehameha the great | Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule (1758-1819). |
| ~ leonidas | king of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC). |
| ~ macbeth | king of Scotland (died in 1057). |
| ~ mithridates, mithridates the great, mithridates vi | ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating the Romans but was later driven out by Pompey (132-63 BC). |
| ~ nebuchadnezzar, nebuchadnezzar ii, nebuchadrezzar, nebuchadrezzar ii | (Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC). |
| ~ olaf ii, olav ii, saint olaf, saint olav, st. olaf, st. olav | King and patron saint of Norway (995-1030). |
| ~ pepin, pepin iii, pepin the short | king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in 751 (714-768). |
| ~ philip ii of spain, philip ii | king of Spain and Portugal and husband of Mary I; he supported the Counter Reformation and sent the Spanish Armada to invade England (1527-1598). |
| ~ philip ii of macedon, philip ii | king of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC). |
| ~ philip augustus, philip ii | son of Louis VII whose reign as king of France saw wars with the English that regained control of Normandy and Anjou and most of Poitou (1165-1223). |
| ~ philip v | king of ancient Macedonia whose confrontations with the Romans led to his defeat and his loss of control over Greece. |
| ~ philip of valois, philip vi | king of France who founded the Valois dynasty; his dispute with Edward III over his succession led to the Hundred Years' War (1293-1350). |
| ~ ptolemy i | the king of Egypt who founded the Macedonian dynasty in Egypt; a close friend and general of Alexander the Great who took charge of Egypt after Alexander died (circa 367-285 BC). |
| ~ ptolemy ii | son of Ptolemy I and king of Egypt who was said to be responsible for the Septuagint (circa 309-247 BC). |
| ~ pyrrhus | king of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC). |
| ~ rameses, ramesses, ramses | any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC. |
| ~ saul | (Old Testament) the first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines). |
| ~ sennacherib | king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC). |
| ~ solomon | (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC). |
| ~ lucius tarquinius superbus, tarquin, tarquin the proud, tarquinius, tarquinius superbus | according to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC). |
| ~ victor emanuel ii | king of Italy who completed the unification of Italy by acquiring Venice and Rome (1820-1878). |
| ~ victor emanuel iii | king of Italy who appointed Mussolini prime minister; he abdicated in 1946 and the monarchy was abolished (1869-1947). |
| ~ xerxes i, xerxes the great | king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC). |
| n. (person) | 2. king, queen, world-beater | a competitor who holds a preeminent position. |
| ~ challenger, competitor, contender, rival, competition | the contestant you hope to defeat.; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" |
| n. (person) | 3. baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon | a very wealthy or powerful businessman.; "an oil baron" |
| ~ businessman, man of affairs | a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive). |
| ~ oil tycoon | a powerful person in the oil business. |
| n. (state) | 4. king | preeminence in a particular category or group or field.; "the lion is the king of beasts" |
| ~ eminence, preeminence, distinction, note | high status importance owing to marked superiority.; "a scholar of great eminence" |
| n. (person) | 5. billie jean king, billie jean moffitt king, king | United States woman tennis player (born in 1943). |
| ~ tennis player | an athlete who plays tennis. |
| n. (person) | 6. b. b. king, king, riley b king | United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925). |
| ~ guitar player, guitarist | a musician who plays the guitar. |
| ~ singer, vocalist, vocaliser, vocalizer | a person who sings. |
| n. (person) | 7. king, martin luther king, martin luther king jr. | United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968). |
| ~ civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker | a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups. |
| ~ clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend | a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. king | a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward. |
| ~ checkers, draughts | a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces. |
| ~ chequer, checker | one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. king | one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king. |
| ~ court card, face card, picture card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. king | (chess) the weakest but the most important piece. |
| ~ chess game, chess | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king. |
| ~ chess piece, chessman | any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess. |
| pratfall | | |
| n. (act) | 1. pratfall | a fall onto your buttocks. |
| ~ fall, tumble, spill | a sudden drop from an upright position.; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" |
| n. (act) | 2. bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall | an embarrassing mistake. |
| ~ error, fault, mistake | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" |
| ~ bobble | the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball.; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out" |
| ~ snafu | an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up. |
| ~ spectacle | a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself. |
| ~ bull | a serious and ludicrous blunder.; "he made a bad bull of the assignment" |
| ~ fumble, muff | (sports) dropping the ball. |
| ~ fluff | a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines). |
| ~ faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism, gaucherie | a socially awkward or tactless act. |
| ~ howler | a glaring blunder. |
| ~ clanger | a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate.; "he dropped a clanger" |
| ~ misstep, trip-up, stumble, trip | an unintentional but embarrassing blunder.; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep" |
| royalty | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. royalty | payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property.; "he received royalties on his book" |
| ~ payment | a sum of money paid or a claim discharged. |
| n. (group) | 2. royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty | royal persons collectively.; "the wedding was attended by royalty" |
| ~ house | aristocratic family line.; "the House of York" |
| ~ hanoverian line, house of hanover, hanover | the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria). |
| ~ habsburg, hapsburg | a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806. |
| ~ hohenzollern | a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia. |
| ~ house of lancaster, lancastrian line, lancaster | the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose. |
| ~ plantagenet, plantagenet line | the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485. |
| ~ romanoff, romanov | the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917. |
| ~ saxe-coburg-gotha | the name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I. |
| ~ stuart | the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714. |
| ~ house of york, york | the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose. |
| ~ highness | (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person. |
| ~ king, male monarch, rex | a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom. |
| ~ prince | a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign). |
| ~ princess | a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign). |
| ~ female monarch, queen regnant, queen | a female sovereign ruler. |
| ~ queen | the wife or widow of a king. |
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