A person who is only a pawn in the game often talks big in company.
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Pawn
//pɔn//
Synonyms for "pawn" (138 found)
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Strong matches (41)
Related words (69)
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15 entriesat location
4 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
50 entriesShowing 16 of 50 words.
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2 entrieshas context
3 entriesholonym
3 entriesis a
7 entriesmanner of
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1 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
used for
4 entriesTranslations
226 translations across 83 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- pion noun (chess piece)
- pion noun (someone who is being manipulated)
Albanian
2 entries- gur shahu noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- ushtar noun (chess piece)
Arabic
2 entries- بَيْدَق noun (chess piece)
- جُنْدِيّ noun (chess piece)
Armenian
1 entries- զինվոր noun (chess piece)
Asturian
1 entries- peón noun (chess piece)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- peşka noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- piyada noun (chess piece)
- piyada noun (someone who is being manipulated)
Belarusian
3 entries- ла́тнік noun (chess piece)
- ні́жнік noun (chess piece)
- пе́шка noun (chess piece)
Bengali
1 entries- বোড়ে noun (chess piece)
Breton
1 entries- pezh gwerin noun (chess piece)
Bulgarian
4 entries- зало́г noun (instance of pawning something)
- зало́г noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
- зало́жна къ́ща noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- пе́шка noun (chess piece)
Burmese
1 entries- နယ် noun (chess piece)
Catalan
2 entries- peó noun (chess piece)
- empenyorar verb (give as security for loan)
Chinese
2 entries- 兵 noun (chess piece)
- 士兵 noun (chess piece)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 兵 noun (chess piece)
- 卒 noun (chess piece)
- 士兵 noun (chess piece)
- 棋 noun (someone who is being manipulated)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 兵 noun (chess piece)
- 典押 noun (instance of pawning something)
- 典當 /典当 noun (instance of pawning something)
Czech
4 entries- figurka noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- pěšec noun (chess piece)
- zástava noun (instance of pawning something)
- dát do zástavy verb (give as security for loan)
Danish
4 entries- bonde noun (chess piece)
- brik noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- pant noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
- pantelåner noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
Dutch
4 entries- kleine man noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- pand noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
- pandjes noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- pandjeshuis noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
Esperanto
4 entries- garantipruntejo noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- lombardejo noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- peono noun (chess piece)
- lombardi verb (give as security for loan)
Estonian
1 entries- ettur noun (chess piece)
Faroese
1 entries- finna noun (chess piece)
Finnish
4 entries- panttaus noun (instance of pawning something)
- pantti noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
- panttilainaamo noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- pelinappula noun (someone who is being manipulated)
French
4 entries- gage noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
- mont-de-piété noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- pion noun (chess piece)
- pion noun (someone who is being manipulated)
Galician
4 entries- casa de empeños noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- empeño noun (instance of pawning something)
- peón noun (chess piece)
- peón noun (someone who is being manipulated)
Georgian
4 entries- ლომბარდი noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- პაიკი noun (chess piece)
- პაიკი noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- დალომბარდება verb (give as security for loan)
German
4 entries- Bauer noun (chess piece)
- Leihhaus noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- Pfand noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
- Pfandhaus noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
Greek
4 entries- ενέχυρο noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
- ενεργούμενο noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- ενεχυρίαση noun (instance of pawning something)
- ενεχυροδανειστήριο noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
Hebrew
4 entries- בית עבוט noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- חייל noun (chess piece)
- עבוט noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
- פיון noun (someone who is being manipulated)
Hindi
3 entries- पियादा noun (chess piece)
- प्यादा noun (chess piece)
- सिपाही noun (chess piece)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyalog noun (chess piece)
- paraszt noun (chess piece)
Icelandic
1 entries- peð noun (chess piece)
Ido
2 entries- piono noun (chess piece)
- gajigar verb (give as security for loan)
Indonesian
2 entries- bidak noun (chess piece)
- pion noun (chess piece)
Irish
2 entries- ceithearnach noun (chess piece)
- fichillín noun (chess piece)
Italian
4 entries- banco dei pegni noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- pedina noun (chess piece)
- pedina noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- pedone noun (chess piece)
Japanese
2 entries- ポーン noun (chess piece)
- 駒 noun (someone who is being manipulated)
Javanese
1 entries- bidhag noun (chess piece)
Kazakh
4 entries- пешка noun (chess piece)
- сарбаз noun (chess piece)
- сойылсоғар noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- қолшоқпар noun (someone who is being manipulated)
Khmer
1 entries- ត្រី noun (chess piece)
Korean
3 entries- 고물상 noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- 졸 noun (chess piece)
- 폰 noun (chess piece)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- пешка noun (chess piece)
Lao
1 entries- ເບ້ຍ noun (chess piece)
Latin
1 entries- latro noun (chess piece)
Latvian
1 entries- bandinieks noun (chess piece)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pėstininkas noun (chess piece)
Macedonian
4 entries- заложница noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- пешак noun (chess piece)
- пион noun (chess piece)
- заложува verb (give as security for loan)
Malay
3 entries- bidak noun (chess piece)
- piadah noun (chess piece)
- pion noun (chess piece)
Middle English
1 entries- pown noun (chess piece)
Middle Persian
1 entries- 𐭯𐭣𐭠𐭲𐭪 noun (chess piece)
Mongolian
2 entries- хүү noun (chess piece)
- дан хийх verb (give as security for loan)
Māori
3 entries- kaihāpai-ō noun (chess piece)
- kurumetometo noun (chess piece)
- kurumetometo noun (someone who is being manipulated)
Navajo
1 entries- naaʼnil noun (chess piece)
Nepali
1 entries- सिपाही noun (chess piece)
Norwegian
4 entries- bonde noun (chess piece)
- brikke noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- pant noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
- pantsette verb (give as security for loan)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pantelåner noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
Occitan
1 entries- peon noun (chess piece)
Ojibwe
1 entries- ganoodiye noun (chess piece)
Persian
2 entries- سرباز noun (chess piece)
- پیاده noun (chess piece)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Büa noun (chess piece)
Polish
3 entries- pion noun (chess piece)
- pionek noun (chess piece)
- pionek noun (someone who is being manipulated)
Portuguese
4 entries- casa de penhores noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- penhora noun (instance of pawning something)
- penhora noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- peão noun (chess piece)
Romanian
2 entries- pion noun (chess piece)
- amaneta verb (give as security for loan)
Russian
4 entries- ломба́рд noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- пе́шка noun (chess piece)
- пе́шка noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- закла́дывать verb (give as security for loan)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- pàn noun (chess piece)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pešak noun (chess piece)
- pion noun (chess piece)
- pješak noun (chess piece)
- пешак noun (chess piece)
Slovak
1 entries- pešiak noun (chess piece)
Slovene
1 entries- kmet noun (chess piece)
Spanish
4 entries- casa de empeños noun ((rare) type of shop — see also pawnshop)
- empeñamiento (desus.) noun (instance of pawning something)
- empeño noun (instance of pawning something)
- peón noun (chess piece)
Swahili
1 entries- kitunda noun (chess piece)
Swedish
4 entries- bonde noun (chess piece)
- bricka noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- pant noun (instance of pawning something)
- pant noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
Tagalog
1 entries- piyon noun (chess piece)
Tajik
2 entries- пиёда noun (chess piece)
- сарбоз noun (chess piece)
Tamil
2 entries- காலாள் noun (chess piece)
- சிப்பாய் noun (chess piece)
Thai
1 entries- เบี้ย noun (chess piece)
Turkish
3 entries- oyuncak noun (someone who is being manipulated)
- piyon noun (chess piece)
- piyon noun (someone who is being manipulated)
Turkmen
2 entries- peşka noun (chess piece)
- pyýada noun (chess piece)
Ukrainian
1 entries- піша́к noun (chess piece)
Urdu
1 entries- پیاده noun (chess piece)
Uyghur
2 entries- پىيادە noun (chess piece)
- پېشكا noun (chess piece)
Uzbek
3 entries- peshka noun (chess piece)
- piyoda noun (chess piece)
- sarboz noun (chess piece)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chốt noun (chess piece)
- tốt noun (chess piece)
Volapük
1 entries- panön verb (give as security for loan)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּיאָן noun (chess piece)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
A clerk in the office is only a pawn in the game of big business.
Source: tatoeba (263801)
The infantry soldier is only a pawn in the game of war.
Source: tatoeba (273288)
I tilt my head. Not the pawn, but the knight?
Source: tatoeba (328684)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.
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