Pawn

/pɔn/

Synonyms for "pawn" (143 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Noun(3 words)
instrumentcat's-pawcollateral item
Adjective(1 words)
black pawn

Strong matches (43)

Noun(5 words)
foot soldiergame piecehockinghockshypothecate
Verb(2 words)
hockhocked

Related words (71)

Verb(1 words)
soak

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

16 entries

More specific

8 entries
black pawncollateral loancorporate pawnelectronicsjewelrypawn loanpolitical pawnwhite pawn

Collocations

11 entries
chess pawncollateral itemcollateral loanpawn brokerpawn loanpawn shoppawn ticketpawn transactionpawnbrokerpawned itempledged item

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Translations

126 translations across 81 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • pion noun (chess piece)

Albanian

1 entries
  • 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

1 entries
  • piyada noun (chess piece)

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

2 entries
  • зало́г noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
  • пе́шка noun (chess piece)

Burmese

1 entries
  • နယ် noun (chess piece)

Catalan

1 entries
  • peó noun (chess piece)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 兵 noun (chess piece)
  • 士兵 noun (chess piece)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 兵 noun (chess piece)
  • 卒 noun (chess piece)
  • 士兵 noun (chess piece)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 兵 noun (chess piece)

Czech

1 entries
  • pěšec noun (chess piece)

Danish

2 entries
  • bonde noun (chess piece)
  • pant noun (item sold to a pawn shop)

Dutch

2 entries
  • pand noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
  • pion noun (chess piece)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • peono noun (chess piece)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ettur noun (chess piece)

Faroese

1 entries
  • finna noun (chess piece)

Finnish

2 entries
  • pantti noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
  • sotilas noun (chess piece)

French

2 entries
  • gage noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
  • pion noun (chess piece)

Galician

1 entries
  • peón noun (chess piece)

Georgian

1 entries
  • პაიკი noun (chess piece)

German

3 entries
  • Bauer noun (chess piece)
  • Pfand noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
  • Versatzstück noun (item sold to a pawn shop)

Greek

3 entries
  • ενέχυρο noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
  • πιόνι noun (chess piece)
  • στρατιώτης noun (chess piece)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • חייל noun (chess piece)
  • עבוט noun (item sold to a pawn shop)
  • רגלי noun (chess piece)

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

1 entries
  • piono noun (chess piece)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • bidak noun (chess piece)
  • pion noun (chess piece)

Irish

2 entries
  • ceithearnach noun (chess piece)
  • fichillín noun (chess piece)

Italian

2 entries
  • pedina noun (chess piece)
  • pedone noun (chess piece)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ポーン noun (chess piece)

Javanese

1 entries
  • bidhag noun (chess piece)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • пешка noun (chess piece)
  • сарбаз noun (chess piece)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ត្រី noun (chess piece)

Korean

2 entries
  • 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

2 entries
  • пешак noun (chess piece)
  • пион noun (chess piece)

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

1 entries
  • хүү noun (chess piece)

Māori

2 entries
  • kaihāpai-ō noun (chess piece)
  • kurumetometo noun (chess piece)

Navajo

1 entries
  • naaʼnil noun (chess piece)

Nepali

1 entries
  • सिपाही noun (chess piece)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • bonde noun (chess piece)
  • pant noun (item sold to a pawn shop)

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

2 entries
  • pion noun (chess piece)
  • pionek noun (chess piece)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • peão noun (chess piece)

Romanian

1 entries
  • pion noun (chess piece)

Russian

1 entries
  • пе́шка noun (chess piece)

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

1 entries
  • peón noun (chess piece)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kitunda noun (chess piece)

Swedish

2 entries
  • bonde noun (chess piece)
  • 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

1 entries
  • piyon noun (chess piece)

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)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פּיאָן noun (chess piece)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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A person who is only a pawn in the game often talks big in company.

Source: tatoeba (33062)

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)

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