QUEENS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

queens

noun

Definition of queens

plural of queen

as in divas

a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity during the years that she was queen of the figure skating world, the endorsement offers poured in

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as in goddesses

a lovely woman most men might not look at her twice, but in her lover's eyes she's a queen

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Recent Examples of queens One of those challenges that queens do get to banter with Ru is the Snatch Game. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026 Necklaces and jewelry owned by other French queens, including Empress Marie Louise, Marie-Amélie, and Hortense Bonaparte, were also taken. — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 There was one compound, an ester called isopropyl myristate, that scientists found in the samples taken from queens and nowhere else. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026 You and Jaida Essence Hall are now crowned queens from season 12. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026 Since then, over a dozen other queens have followed in her footsteps. — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 Worker ants carry bait back to the colony and share it with nestmates through a process called trophallaxis, allowing the treatment to reach queens and developing young. — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026 The bell’s pyramidal face is decorated with depictions of deceased kings and queens, and its toll was believed to invoke ancestral spirits. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026 Little is yet known about the jewelry and its significance, but Gordon believes that the jewelry was once worn by the kings and queens of an ancient Khmer Empire that spanned Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, and existed for hundreds of years. — Will Croxton, CBS News, 28 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for queens

Noun

Like many divas, Houston had a habit of showing up late, and when she was finished, she was finished.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
And on the fashion front, wedges and studs are adorning the most downtown divas this side of 2010.

— Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 3 June 2026

Definition of divas

Noun

Homer’s hero has extramarital affairs with goddesses Circe and Calypso — the latter of whom traps him and forces him to sleep with her each night for seven years.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 27 July 2026
Exceptions included the famed Roman Pool at Hearst Castle, with its shimmering blue and gold mosaic tiles and statues of Roman gods and goddesses.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of goddesses

Noun

California naturalist John Muir compared the two valleys’ beauties, but that was before Hetch Hetchy Valley was transformed by the O’Shaughnessy Dam into a massive reservoir.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Shopping market editor Kate McGregor’s new favorite sheets, these scalloped percale beauties from Rebecca Udall, are 50% off right now.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026

Definition of beauties

Noun

Nyota offers her own words of comfort (and cookies) to Kirk, a nice gesture, but one slightly diminished by Kirk’s inability to connect with Carol and David.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Walking through San & Wolves Bakeshop’s doors, you are hit with a waft of sweet air and come face-to-face with a display of pandesal, buns, tarts, cookies, cakes, and more.

— Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 30 July 2026