Chess

//t͡ʃɛs//

Synonyms for "chess" (129 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (26)

archery association football backgammon badminton bagatelle ball bandy baseball basketball battledore and shuttlecock beano billiards bingo bowling bowls boxing cat catch charades checkers

Show 3 more words

climbing crambo cricket

Noun(3 words)

bromus secalinus cheat chess game

Strong matches (39)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

15 relation types

More general

4 entries

board game brome bromegrass game

More specific

2 entries

blitz chess speed chess

Related terms

3 entries

checkers draughts scacchic

dbpedia genre

1 entries

board game

defined as

2 entries

game of kings master of all games

derived

143 entries

3-D chess 3D chess 4D chess 5D chess Absolute Rettah chess Advancing chess Alice chess Ambi-chess Armageddon chess Black and White chess Blot-straight chess Burmese chess Capablanca chess Capablanca's chess Capricorn chess Cheshire Cat chess

Showing 16 of 143 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

check

has a

2 entries

extremely precise rules two sides black and white

has context

2 entries

military us

has property

1 entries

fun

is a

22 entries

analytical game board game boardgame brome complex game of deception complex game of strategy complicated game example of board game exciting game game game for two people game of no chance game of skill game of strategy game of two players great game

Showing 16 of 22 words.

meronym

6 entries

chess move chess piece chessboard development endgame opening

receives action

1 entries

game for thinkers

related to

25 entries

board game bridge bromus checkers checkmate chess clock chess piece chess pieces chess set chessboard chesslike chessman computer chess dowel draughts flooring

Showing 16 of 25 words.

used for

1 entries

nerds

Translations

222 translations across 158 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

skaak noun (two-player board game)

Albanian

1 entries

shah noun (two-player board game)

Amharic

1 entries

ሰንጠረዥ noun (two-player board game)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ζατρίκιον noun (two-player board game)

Arabic

3 entries

شَطْرَنْج noun (two-player board game)
شَطْرَنْج noun (two-player board game)
شِطْرَنْج noun (two-player board game)

Aragonese

1 entries

axedrez noun (two-player board game)

Aramaic

2 entries

ܛܠܦܣܢܐ noun (two-player board game)
ܫܛܪܢܓ noun (two-player board game)

Armenian

2 entries

ճատրակ noun (two-player board game)
շախմատ noun (two-player board game)

Assamese

1 entries

দবাখেল noun (two-player board game)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܛܠܲܦܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ noun (two-player board game)

Asturian

1 entries

axedrez noun (two-player board game)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

şahmat noun (two-player board game)

Bashkir

1 entries

шахмат noun (two-player board game)

Basque

1 entries

xake noun (two-player board game)

Belarusian

2 entries

ша́хматы noun (two-player board game)
ша́хы noun (two-player board game)

Bengali

1 entries

দাবা noun (two-player board game)

Bikol Central

1 entries

ahedres noun (two-player board game)

Breton

2 entries

echedoù noun (two-player board game)
gwezboell noun (two-player board game)

Bulgarian

2 entries

шах noun (two-player board game)
шахма́т noun (two-player board game)

Burmese

1 entries

စစ်တုရင် noun (two-player board game)

Buryat

1 entries

шатар noun (two-player board game)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

ша́хы noun (two-player board game)

Catalan

1 entries

escacs noun (two-player board game)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

شەتڕەنج noun (two-player board game)

Central Melanau

1 entries

satuor noun (two-player board game)

Chechen

1 entries

шахматаш noun (two-player board game)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

國際象棋 /国际象棋 noun (two-player board game)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

國際象棋 /国际象棋 noun (two-player board game)
西洋棋 noun (two-player board game)
象棋 noun (two-player board game)

Chukchi

1 entries

чьумэт noun (two-player board game)

Chuvash

1 entries

шахмат noun (two-player board game)

Classical Nahuatl

2 entries

cuappatōlli noun (two-player board game)
cuauhpatōlli noun (two-player board game)

Cornish

1 entries

gwydhbol noun (two-player board game)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

şahmat noun (two-player board game)

Czech

1 entries

šachy noun (two-player board game)

Danish

1 entries

skak noun (two-player board game)

Dhivehi

1 entries

ރާޒުވާ noun (two-player board game)

Dutch

3 entries

schaak noun (two-player board game)
schaakspel noun (two-player board game)
schaken noun (two-player board game)

Dzongkha

1 entries

དམག་རྩེད noun (two-player board game)

Esperanto

1 entries

ŝako noun (two-player board game)

Estonian

1 entries

male noun (two-player board game)

Fala

1 entries

ajedré noun (two-player board game)

Faroese

1 entries

talv noun (two-player board game)

Finnish

2 entries

shakki noun (two-player board game)
šakki noun (two-player board game)

French

1 entries

échecs noun (two-player board game)

Galician

1 entries

xadrez noun (two-player board game)

Georgian

1 entries

ჭადრაკი noun (two-player board game)

German

2 entries

Schach noun (two-player board game)
Schachspiel noun (two-player board game)

Greek

2 entries

ζατρίκιο noun (two-player board game)
σκάκι noun (two-player board game)

Gujarati

1 entries

ચેસ noun (two-player board game)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

echèk noun (two-player board game)

Hausa

1 entries

dara noun (two-player board game)

Hebrew

1 entries

שַׁחְמָט noun (two-player board game)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

ahedrés noun (two-player board game)

Hindi

4 entries

चतरङ्ग noun (two-player board game)
चतुरंग noun (two-player board game)
चतुरङ्ग noun (two-player board game)
चेस noun (two-player board game)

Hungarian

1 entries

sakk noun (two-player board game)

Hunsrik

1 entries

Schach noun (two-player board game)

Icelandic

3 entries

skák noun (two-player board game)
skáktafl noun (two-player board game)
tafl noun (two-player board game)

Ido

1 entries

shakoludo noun (two-player board game)

Ilocano

1 entries

ahedrés noun (two-player board game)

Indonesian

1 entries

catur noun (two-player board game)

Ingrian

1 entries

šahmatat noun (two-player board game)

Inuktitut

1 entries

ᐊᑕᓃᑦ noun (two-player board game)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

شَتْرَنْج noun (two-player board game)
شَتْرَنْگ noun (two-player board game)
شَطْرَنْج noun (two-player board game)
چَتْرَنْگ noun (two-player board game)

Irish

1 entries

ficheall noun (two-player board game)

Italian

1 entries

scacchi noun (two-player board game)

Japanese

2 entries

チェス noun (two-player board game)
西洋将棋 noun (two-player board game)

Javanese

1 entries

sekak noun (two-player board game)

Kalmyk

1 entries

шатр noun (two-player board game)

Kannada

2 entries

ಚದುರಂಗ noun (two-player board game)
ಚೆಸ್ noun (two-player board game)

Kazakh

1 entries

шахмат noun (two-player board game)

Khmer

1 entries

ចត្រង្គ noun (two-player board game)

Korean

2 entries

서양장기 noun (two-player board game)
체스 noun (two-player board game)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

шахмат noun (two-player board game)

Lao

3 entries

ໝາກຮຸກ noun (two-player board game)
ໝາກເສິກ noun (two-player board game)
ໝາກເສີກ noun (two-player board game)

Latin

1 entries

scaccī noun (two-player board game)

Latvian

1 entries

šahs noun (two-player board game)

Lezgi

1 entries

шахматар noun (two-player board game)

Ligurian

1 entries

scàcco noun (two-player board game)

Lithuanian

1 entries

šachmatai noun (two-player board game)

Lombard

2 entries

scach noun (two-player board game)
scachi noun (two-player board game)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

šach noun (two-player board game)

Luganda

1 entries

omweso noun (two-player board game)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Schach noun (two-player board game)

Macedonian

1 entries

шах noun (two-player board game)

Malagasy

3 entries

eseka noun (two-player board game)
fanorona noun (two-player board game)
tsifahombiazana noun (two-player board game)

Malay

2 entries

catur noun (two-player board game)
sekak noun (two-player board game)

Malayalam

2 entries

ചതുരംഗം noun (two-player board game)
ചെസ്സ് noun (two-player board game)

Maltese

2 entries

skakki noun (two-player board game)
ċess noun (two-player board game)

Manx

1 entries

feeal noun (two-player board game)

Maranao

1 entries

satoran noun (two-player board game)

Marathi

1 entries

बुद्धिबळ noun (two-player board game)

Middle English

1 entries

ches noun (two-player board game)

Middle Persian

1 entries

𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 noun (two-player board game)

Mirandese

1 entries

xadreç noun (two-player board game)

Mongolian

2 entries

шатар noun (two-player board game)
ᠰᠢᠲᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ noun (two-player board game)

Māori

1 entries

whaikīngi noun (two-player board game)

Navajo

1 entries

siláo ałchʼįʼ naanil noun (two-player board game)

Nepali

1 entries

बुद्धिचाल noun (two-player board game)

Nganasan

1 entries

катариаи’’ noun (two-player board game)

Nogai

1 entries

шатыраш noun (two-player board game)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

kişik noun (two-player board game)
sedrenc noun (two-player board game)

Northern Sami

1 entries

šáhkka noun (two-player board game)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

sjakk noun (two-player board game)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

sjakk noun (two-player board game)

Occitan

1 entries

escacs noun (two-player board game)

Odia

1 entries

ସତରଞ୍ଜ noun (two-player board game)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

шахматꙑ noun (two-player board game)

Old Norse

1 entries

skák noun (two-player board game)

Ossetian

2 entries

къентӕ noun (two-player board game)
шахмӕттӕ noun (two-player board game)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

سطرنج noun (two-player board game)

Pali

1 entries

caturaṅga noun (two-player board game)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

шах noun (two-player board game)

Pashto

2 entries

سترنج noun (two-player board game)
سطرنج noun (two-player board game)

Piedmontese

1 entries

scach noun (two-player board game)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Schach noun (two-player board game)

Polish

1 entries

szachy noun (two-player board game)

Portuguese

1 entries

xadrez noun (two-player board game)

Punjabi

2 entries

شطرنج noun (two-player board game)
ਸ਼ਤਰੰਜ noun (two-player board game)

Romagnol

1 entries

schöc noun (two-player board game)

Romanian

1 entries

șah noun (two-player board game)

Russian

1 entries

ша́хматы noun (two-player board game)

Samogitian

1 entries

šachmatā noun (two-player board game)

Sanskrit

1 entries

चतुरङ्ग noun (two-player board game)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

fidhcheall noun (two-player board game)
tàileasg noun (two-player board game)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

sàntrāč noun (two-player board game)
šȁh noun (two-player board game)
са̀нтра̄ч noun (two-player board game)
ша̏х noun (two-player board game)

Sicilian

1 entries

scacchi noun (two-player board game)

Silesian

1 entries

szachmaty noun (two-player board game)

Sinhalese

1 entries

පාද ක්රීඩාව noun (two-player board game)

Slovak

2 entries

šach noun (two-player board game)
šachy noun (two-player board game)

Slovene

1 entries

šah noun (two-player board game)

Spanish

2 entries

ajedrez noun (two-player board game)
escaques noun (two-player board game)

Swahili

2 entries

chesi noun (two-player board game)
sataranji noun (two-player board game)

Swedish

1 entries

schack noun (two-player board game)

Tagalog

3 entries

ahedres noun (two-player board game)
satol noun (two-player board game)
tses noun (two-player board game)

Tajik

2 entries

шатранҷ noun (two-player board game)
шоҳмот noun (two-player board game)

Tamil

2 entries

சதுரங்கம் noun (two-player board game)
செஸ் noun (two-player board game)

Tatar

1 entries

шахмат noun (two-player board game)

Telugu

2 entries

చతురంగము noun (two-player board game)
చదరంగము noun (two-player board game)

Thai

1 entries

หมากรุก noun (two-player board game)

Tibetan

1 entries

རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་མིག་མངས noun (two-player board game)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ቸስ noun (two-player board game)

Turkish

1 entries

satranç noun (two-player board game)

Turkmen

1 entries

küşt noun (two-player board game)

Ukrainian

1 entries

ша́хи noun (two-player board game)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

šach noun (two-player board game)

Urdu

2 entries

شَطْرَن٘ج noun (two-player board game)
چیس noun (two-player board game)

Uyghur

2 entries

شاھمات noun (two-player board game)
شەترەنج noun (two-player board game)

Uzbek

2 entries

shatranj noun (two-player board game)
shaxmat noun (two-player board game)

Veps

1 entries

šahmatad noun (two-player board game)

Vietnamese

1 entries

cờ vua noun (two-player board game)

Volapük

1 entries

cög noun (two-player board game)

Võro

1 entries

malõ noun (two-player board game)

Waray-Waray

2 entries

chess noun (two-player board game)
tses noun (two-player board game)

Welsh

2 entries

gwyddbwyll noun (two-player board game)
sies noun (two-player board game)

West-Frisian

1 entries

skake noun (two-player board game)

Yakut

1 entries

саахымат noun (two-player board game)

Yiddish

2 entries

שאַכמאַט noun (two-player board game)
שאָך noun (two-player board game)

Zulu

1 entries

ishesi noun (two-player board game)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Robert got the better of Jack in the game of chess.

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If you like, I will teach you to play chess.

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Let's play chess another time.

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What do you say to a game of chess?

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Chess

Synonyms for "chess" (129 found)

Closest matches (26)

Strong matches (39)

Related words (64)

Related word relations

More general

More specific

Related terms

dbpedia genre

defined as

derived

etymologically related_to

has a

has context

has property

is a

meronym

receives action

related to

used for

Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Aragonese

Aramaic

Armenian

Assamese

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bikol Central

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Buryat

Carpathian Rusyn

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Central Melanau

Chechen

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Chukchi

Chuvash

Classical Nahuatl

Cornish

Crimean Tatar

Czech

Danish

Dhivehi

Dutch

Dzongkha

Esperanto

Estonian

Fala

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hausa

Hebrew

Hiligaynon

Hindi

Hungarian

Hunsrik

Icelandic

Ido