Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Verb

The word "bishop" can be used as noun, proper noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

cathedral chess game chess set church rome

Capable Of

kill king kill knight kill pawn kill queen kill rook

Derived Terms

Angola black bishop Bishop Auckland Bishop Barker Bishop Burton Bishop Monkton Bishop Wilton Bishop to the Forces Bishop's Bible Bishop's Castle Bishop's Cleeve Bishop's Clyst Bishop's Falls Bishop's Hull Bishop's Itchington Bishop's Nympton Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Tawton Bishop's Waltham Bishopric of the Forces Bishops Cannings Bishops Lydeard Bishops sugarbush Bishops' Bible Bishopsgate Bishopsteignton Bishopville Cape bishop Cheriton Bishop Compton Bishop French bishop Lord Bishop Synod of Bishops Wickham Bishops Zanzibar red bishop abbot-bishop antibishop archbishop as the actress said to the bishop assistant bishop assistant-bishop auxiliary bishop bad bishop bash the bishop beat the bishop bishop bird bishop coadjutor bishop emeritus bishop it bishop manzanita bishop milkvetch bishop of Rome bishop pawn bishop pine bishop plover bishop sleeve bishop toothcarp bishop wood bishop wort bishop's cap bishop's collar bishop's court bishop's elder bishop's goutweed bishop's hat bishop's lace bishop's leaves bishop's length bishop's lotus bishop's milkvetch (Astragalus episcopus bishop's mitre bishop's mitre shield bug bishop's sleeve bishop's toad bishop's torch bishop's weed bishop's wort bishop's-cap bishop's-weed bishop's-wort bishop-bird bishop-coadjutor bishop-commissioner bishop-designate bishop-designed bishop-elect bishop-leaves bishop-seat bishop-see bishop-weed bishopdom bishopess bishopful bishophood bishoping bishopist bishopless bishoplet bishoplike bishopling bishoply bishopric bishoprick bishops's hat cactus bishopship bishopsweed bishopwick black bishop black-winged red bishop bop the bishop boy bishop boy-bishop cardinal bishop coadjutor bishop cobishop diocesan bishop even-bishop false bishop's weed fire-crowned bishop fire-fronted bishop five-faced bishop flog the bishop flying bishop golden-backed bishop good bishop highbishop metropolitan bishop missionary bishop mock bishopweed northern black bishop northern red bishop orange bishop oval-leaf bishop's-cap prairie bishop presiding bishop prince bishop prince-bishop red bishop ruling bishop said the actress to the bishop smoking bishop southern black bishop southern red bishop suffragan bishop titular bishop twoleaf bishop's cap unbishop yellow bishop yellow-crowned bishop

Distinct From

king queen

Context

alcoholic beverages anglican church chess christianity dialectal horses orthodox church roman catholic uk us

Part Of (Holonyms)

Holy Synod assembly college conciliabule conciliabulum conclave conference council ecumenical council episcopal conference sobor synod

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

chess piece chessman cleric mulled wine priest

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Prince of the Church archbishop assistant bishop auxiliary bishop bishop emeritus cardinal catholicos coadjutor bishop eparch exarch major archbishop metropolitan metropolitan bishop patriarch pope primate prince-archbishop prince-bishop principal co-consecrator principal consecrator titular bishop

Type Of (IsA)

chess piece chessman chesspiece clergyman leader of church mulled wine priest weapon

Part Of

chess

Receives Action

found in church

Related Terms

Bp. Episcopalian Most Reverend Right Reverend alb amice biretta bishopess bishopric bugia buskins cappa magna cassalb cassock cathedra cathedral catholicon chasuble choir dress cope crozier dalmatic dikirion diocese engolpion epigonation epimanikia episcopal episcopal gloves episcopal ring episcopal sandals episcopate epitrachil fashia katholikon maniple mantya mitre my Lord my Lord Bishop omophor orletz panagia pectoral cross phelonion rochet sakkos see sobor sticharion stole trikirion tunicle vestment your Excellency your Grace zone zucchetto ♗ ♝

Related Terms

25 pounder act actively africa alfil another arch arch diocese archer aufil beetle below below cardinal below pope big big hat birds bishopric boss bp burn bustle california cardinal cathedral cathedrals catholic catholic church catholic guy catholic pope catholic title chess chess piece chessboard children church church head clergy clergyman closely coccinellidae confirm congregation cooking deacon denoted developed diagonal diagonal move diagonal movement diocese drink drowning duties either elephant english episcopal euplectes food funny funny hat generally genus georgia governing guy hat head hierarchy horse inquisition kind of known ladybird ladybug leader lemon line lower lower pope made make manipulation membership milk miter mitre mitre hat move movement mulled murder nominally office official orange originally overseer particularly pastor perform permit piece pinafore pope port priest priest boss priests priests boss produced property provide rank relate religious religious leader religious office religious official religious rank resemblance second world war seem self propelled shatranj smock speaking spiced sugar supervising suppose sweet tall tall hat teeth territory texas title united kingdom united states usually various vehicle weaverbird widowbird wine younger

Synonym Network

consecrator

Used For

attack king in chess chess kill perpetuation of religious myths play chess playing chess religion religious stuff take pawn

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.