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queenlike

queenlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a queen (female monarch); regal, majestic.

Adjective

queenlike (comparative more queenlike, superlative most queenlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a queen (female monarch); regal, majestic.
    Synonyms:
    queenly, reginal
    Antonyms:
    unqueenlike
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a queen (reproductive female animal).
    • Although the laying workers functioned in a queenlike manner, they were unable to suppress ovarian development as effectively as the queen.1991, Kenneth G Ross, Robert W Matthews, The social biology of wasps

Synonyms of queenlike

Antonyms

Forms of queenlike

comparativemore queenlike
superlativemost queenlike

Origin of queenlike

From queen + -like.

Questions about queenlike

What does queenlike mean?
Queenlike means resembling or characteristic of a queen (female monarch); regal, majestic.
What part of speech is queenlike?
Queenlike is an adjective.

Words near queenlike in the dictionary

  1. queenlessness
  2. queenlet
  3. queenlets
  4. queenlier
  5. queenliest
  6. queenlike
  7. queenlily
  8. queenliness
  9. queenling
  10. queenlings
  11. queenly

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