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Synonyms for checkmate
ˈtʃɛkˌmeɪtcheck·mate
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Wiktionary
checkmateverb
To lead to a situation that has no obvious escape without some personal loss.
Synonyms:
mateInterjection
English Synonyms and Antonyms
checkmate
To defeat an enemy is to gain an advantage for the time; to vanquish is to win a signal victory; to conquer is to overcome so effectually that the victory is regarded as final. Conquer, in many cases, carries the idea of possession; as, to conquer respect, affection, peace, etc. A country is conquered when its armies are defeated and its territory is occupied by the enemy; it may be subjected to indemnity or to various disabilities; it is subjugated when it is held helplessly and continuously under military control; it is subdued when all resistance has died out. An army is defeated when forcibly driven back; it is routed when it is converted into a mob of fugitives. Compare BEAT.
Synonyms:
beat, conquer, crush, defeat, discomfit, down, humble, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overthrow, prevail over, put down, reduce, rout, subdue, subject, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, win, worstAntonyms:
capitulate, cede, fail, fall, fly, forfeit, lose, resign, retire, retreat, submit, succumb, surrender, yield
Princeton's WordNet
checkmatenoun
complete victory
Synonyms:
matecheckmate, mateverb
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
Synonyms:
fellow, teammate, married person, spouse, partner, better half, first mate, match, matecheckmate, mateverb
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
"Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
checkmateverb
Synonyms:
beat (at chess), conquer, vanquish, put in check
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#259 | subject | |
#311 | down | |
#1240 | win | |
#1314 | master | |
#1536 | match | |
#1557 | partner | |
#1883 | couple | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2851 | beat | |
#2978 | pair | |
#3663 | twin | |
#4165 | worst | |
#4245 | fellow | |
#6207 | mat | |
#6250 | spouse | |
#6294 | mate | |
#7548 | overcome | |
#8135 | defeat | |
#12155 | humble | |
#12398 | crush | |
#16211 | conquer | |
#27471 | overthrow | |
#33191 | teammate | |
#38396 | rout | |
#50597 | checkmate | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#57646 | vanquish | |
#71168 | overpower | |
#100697 | surmount | |
#116275 | subjugate | |
#179098 | copulate |
Translations for checkmate
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- مات, شاه ماتArabic
- матирам, матBulgarian
- escac i matCatalan, Valencian
- mat, matová situace, matovat, šach mat, dát matCzech
- skakmatDanish
- schach und matt, schachmatt, NiederlageGerman
- ματGreek
- jaque mate, mateSpanish
- šahh ja matt, matt, lüüasaamineEstonian
- مات, شاه مات, مات کردن, شهمات کردن, کیش و مات, شهماتPersian
- shakki ja matti, matittaa, tehdä matti, mattiFinnish
- skák og mátFaroese
- échec et matFrench
- xaque mateGalician
- שחמטHebrew
- मातHindi
- sakk-matt, sarokba szorít, mattot ad, mattHungarian
- շախմատ, մատ, շախ և մատArmenian
- scacco mattoItalian
- חבר שיקיםHebrew
- チェックメイト, 詰みJapanese
- ស្លាប់ក្រឡាKhmer
- whakamiereMāori
- мат, шах-матMacedonian
- syahmatMalay
- sjakkmattNorwegian
- schaakmat, matDutch
- sjakkmattNorwegian Nynorsk
- sjakkmattNorwegian
- matPolish
- xeque-matePortuguese
- șah mat, șah-matRomanian
- шах и мат, ставить мат, мат, поставить матRussian
- šah-mat, mat, шах-мат, матSerbo-Croatian
- matová situácia, dať šach mat, matSlovak
- mat, šah mat, matiratiSlovene
- shah matAlbanian
- matt, schack matt, schackmattSwedish
- şah matTurkish
- шах і мат, матUkrainian
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