Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "pawn" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

queen

Typical Location

chess game chess set north carolina scheme

Defined As

weakest chess piece

Derived Terms

advanced pawn backward pawn bishop's pawn centipawn central pawn connected pawn doubled pawn hexapawn impawn isolated pawn king's bishop's pawn king's knight's pawn king's pawn king's rook's pawn knight's pawn millipawn octopawn outside passed pawn passed pawn pawn break pawn chain pawn cube pawn grabbing pawn island pawn off as pawn race pawn storm pawnable pawnage pawnbroker pawnee pawner pawning pawnless pawnlike pawnshop pawnticket poisoned pawn queen's bishop's pawn queen's knight's pawn queen's pawn queen's rook's pawn remote passed pawn repawn rook's pawn tall pawn tripled pawn unpawn unpawned wrong rook pawn

Inflected/Variant Forms

paan pwn

Context

chess commerce video games

Part Of (Holonyms)

chess pawn chain pawn island

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

assistant borrowing charge chess piece chessman consign help helper manipulee object person piece pledge supporter

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

a-pawn advanced pawn b-pawn backward pawn bishop's pawn c-pawn central pawn connected pawn d-pawn doubled pawn e-pawn f-pawn g-pawn h-pawn isolani isolated pawn king's bishop's pawn king's knight's pawn king's pawn king's rook's pawn knight's pawn outside passed pawn passed pawn passer poisoned pawn queen's bishop's pawn queen's knight's pawn queen's pawn queen's rook's pawn remote passed pawn rook's pawn tripled pawn wrong rook pawn

Type Of (IsA)

bailment borrowing chess piece chessman pledge tangible thing used unwittingly

Manner Of

consign

Part Of

chess

Related Terms

Appendix:Chess pieces centipawn closed file en passant half-open file hole open file pawn off pawn race pawn storm promotion push underpromotion ♙ ♟

Related Terms

attack chess chess piece en passant forward game game piece goods hocked hocked stuff illegal manipulate pawn off pawnbroker pawnshop piece playing playing piece pledge queen's rook's pawn sacrificed security sell sell goods smallest stake stuff wager

Synonym Network

hock instrument

Used For

play chess playing chess playing game of chess sacrifice

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