queens
Crowns on women
Queens is the plural of queen—female monarchs, the wives of kings, or the most powerful chess pieces.
In cards, queens rank below kings.
In gay slang, queens are effeminate gay men or drag performers: The bar was full of queens on Saturday night.
Queen bees and ant queens head their colonies. (Capitalized Queens is the New York City borough.)
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- reignSovereign's time in power
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
royalty · coronation · palace · kingdom · empress · majesty · realm · aristocracy
Diocesan clergy head
- rookChess piece or corvid
- knightHonored mounted soldier
- pawnUnwitting tool of another
- kingMale crowned ruler
checkmate · chessboard · gambit · stalemate · endgame · opening · strategy · promotion
Mouthing to recorded audio
- runwayPaved path for planes
- sashayWalk with showy confidence
- charismaMagnetic personal appeal
- uniquenessQuality of being singular
nerve · talent · tucking · shade · reading · voguing · kiki · wig
Circulatory system engines
Staged public display
- sashWaist-worn cloth strip
- gownLong formal garment
- tiaraOrnamental feminine headband
- judgesLegal proceeding overseers
swimsuit · eveningwear · talent · contestant · winner · platform
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- reignSovereign's time in power
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
dynasty · royalty · coronation · palace · kingdom · empress · majesty · realm · aristocracy · heir
bishop
Diocesan clergy head
king · checkmate · chessboard · gambit · stalemate · endgame · opening · strategy · promotion · battery
lip sync
Mouthing to recorded audio
uniqueness · nerve · talent · tucking · shade · reading · voguing · kiki · wig · pageant
hearts
Circulatory system engines
jack · king · ace · deck · suit · hand · trick · bridge · poker · rummy
pageant
Staged public display
judges · swimsuit · eveningwear · talent · contestant · winner · platform
gay
Attracted to same sex
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- communityCollective of connected people
- cultureCollective social practices
camp · fabulous · scene · icon · slang · identity · expression · flamboyant
- fantasy/medievalknights, dragons, castles, swords, quests
- Ancient Egyptpharaoh, pharaohs, sphinx, pyramids, hieroglyphics
- chesscheck, pawns, knights, rooks, pawn
- historical womenCleopatra, Joan of Arc, Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale, Marie Antoinette
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, kingdoms
- Medieval Eraknights, Middle Ages, castles, feudal lords, medieval period
queenspawns
Lowest-ranked chess pieces
pawn · kings · minor pieces · rooks · knights
queenscommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
subjects · peasants · servants · princesses · ladies-in-waiting
- drama queenHabitual emotional exaggerator
- queen beeFertile leader of colony
- beauty queenCrowned contest winner
- the queenFemale head of state
- queen bedStandard double sleeping surface
- prom queenSchool dance honoree
queen, queen consort, queenly, queening, queened, queendom, queen-size