EMPRESSES Synonyms

• the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

• a female sovereign ruler

• the wife or widow of a king

• something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind

• a competitor who holds a preeminent position

• offensive term for a homosexual man

• one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen

• (chess) the most powerful piece

• an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males

• female cat

• promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess

• become a queen

• a person who rules or commands

• measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

• a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

• (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

• greatest in status or authority or power

• surrendered as a penalty

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• place or shut up in a pound

• a distinctive influence

• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

• an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page

• an impression produced by pressure or printing

• a device produced by pressure on a surface

• establish or impress firmly in the mind

• mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

• the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

• a picture or design printed from an engraving

• a visible indication made on a surface

• availability in printed form

• a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)

• a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)

• a printed picture produced from a photographic negative

• put into print

• write as if with print; not cursive

• make into a print

• reproduce by printing

• take hold of; grab

• take or capture by force

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

• hook by a pull on the line

• affect

• capture the attention or imagination of

• requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

• keep away from others

• set apart from others

• the distinctive form in which a thing is made

• a type or class

• a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving

• a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid

• something that can be used as an official medium of payment

• a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid

• machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

• a block or die used to imprint a mark or design

• a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

• walk heavily

• to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something

• reveal clearly as having a certain character

• affix a stamp to

• treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

• destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot

• form or cut out with a mold, form, or die

• crush or grind with a heavy instrument

• raise in a relief