king   (Sound)

The noun king has 10 senses

• king, male monarch, Rex -- (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)


• king, queen, world-beater -- (a competitor who holds a preeminent position)


• baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon -- (a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron")


• king -- (preeminence in a particular category or group or field; "the lion is the king of beasts")


• King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King -- (United States woman tennis player (born in 1943))


• King, B. B. King, Riley B King -- (United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925))


• 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))


• 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)


• king -- (one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king)


• king -- ((chess) the weakest but the most important piece)