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knights 1 of 2

noun

plural of knight
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as in princes

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as in champions

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knights

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verb

present tense third-person singular of knight
as in commissions

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knights
  1. princes
  2. champions
  3. commissions
  4. cavaliers
  5. veterans
  6. ennobles
  7. recruits
  8. lifts
Noun
  • The couples worked together through The Royal Foundation and delighted the public whenever the princes and their partners stepped out together.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • At the beginning of the Arcadia, one of the princes, Musidorus, courts Pamela, one of the sister-princesses, by communicating to her that his shepherd apparel is just a disguise.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of princes
Noun
  • From Highland Park listening bars Gold Line and Palomino to his KCRW show, Chris Manak champions deep listening and human curation amid streaming-era oversaturation and increasingly precarious touring and nightlife economies.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Lacascade champions setting the standard of inclusive innovation.
    — WWD Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of champions
Verb
  • Thanks to Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson’s funny, poignant — and sexy — folk tale, starring Olivia Colman as a village fisherwoman who commissions a fantastical husband, audiences won’t want to forget it.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • At the same time, Niccolò also secretly commissions the openly gay upstart Michelangelo (Brennan Pickman-Thoon) to paint the Battle of Cascina.
    — Charles Lewis III, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of commissions
Noun
  • The young women and their cavaliers headed to L’Arc, a nightclub in Paris situated near the Shangri-La; there, the group continued their celebrations some hours later.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Definition of cavaliers
Noun
  • The agency also reports that suicide is the second-leading cause of death among veterans younger than 45 and that more service members and veterans die by suicide than in combat.
    — Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The charity offers horsemanship and outdoor activities for military veterans suffering from life-changing injuries and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), young people in the local community and refugees.
    — Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of veterans
Verb
  • But there is no doubt in my mind that the musical ennobles the previously more limited material, which is not often the case when Hollywood movies are scored and sung.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The book’s post-apocalyptic setting ennobles its meditations on selfhood and finitude; the narrator’s search for perpetuity is lent an unshakable gravity by her circumstances.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of ennobles
Noun
  • But the changes came after the early signing day for high school recruits and just before the transfer portal opened — not much time for new staffers to assess FSU’s personnel and fortify its roster.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In the Army, by far the Pentagon's largest service, Hispanic recruits made up nearly 27% of new soldiers last year, up from just under 20% in 2020.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of recruits
Verb
  • Its auto-empty dock holds weeks of debris without manual intervention, while intelligent carpet detection automatically lifts the mop pad to keep rugs dry.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Meta's $18 billion social media settlement lifts a legal overhang that some analysts said could clear the way for a wave of new AI product launches.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of lifts
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“Knights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knights. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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