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

Hypernym(s): insect

· a female sovereign ruler

Synonym(s): queen_regnant, female_monarch

Hypernym(s): female_aristocrat

Antonym(s): king

· the wife or widow of a king

Hypernym(s): female_aristocrat

· something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners"

Hypernym(s): personification

· a competitor who holds a preeminent position

Synonym(s): king, world-beater

Hypernym(s): rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender

· offensive term for a homosexual man

Synonym(s): fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf

Hypernym(s): homosexual, homophile, homo, gay

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

Hypernym(s): face_card, picture_card, court_card

· (chess) the most powerful piece

Hypernym(s): chessman, chess_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

Synonym(s): queen_mole_rat

Hypernym(s): naked_mole_rat

· female cat

Synonym(s): tabby

Hypernym(s): domestic_cat, house_cat, Felis_domesticus, Felis_catus

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

Hypernym(s): promote

· become a queen; "her pawn queened"

Hypernym(s): promote