knights

The word “knights” has 1 syllable: knights

It's pronounced as /naɪts/

What is synonym and antonym for knights?

In the thesaurus, “knights” has 104 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for knights along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for knights

acclaims
advances
aggrandizes
applauds
archers
aristocrats
banneret
beau brummells
beaus
beaux
blades
blood
boosts
bucks
caballero
captivators
cavalier
cavaliers
celebrates
champion
champions
charmers
chevalier
cites
combatants
commends
commissions
companion
compliments
confederates
congratulates
conscripts
continentals
counterguerillas
counterguerrillas
crossbowmen
dandies
decorates
diggers
draftees
dudes
elevates
ennobles
enrollees
eulogizes
exalts
extolls
extols
federals
fops
forwards
furthers
galahads
gallant
gallants
gallowglasses
gendarmes
gentleman
gentlemen
gis
glorifies
guardsmen
guerillas
guerrillas
hails
heightens
honors
horseman
improves
irregulars
jays
knight errant
lancers
lauds
lifers
lifts
lover
man-at-arms
militiamen
minutemen
noncombatants
paladin
paramilitaries
partisan
partisans
partizans
patricians
pikemen
praises
princes
promotes
protagonist
raises
recruits
reservists
salutes
smoothies
spearmen
swells
templar
upgrades
uplifts
veterans
warhorses

Antonyms for knights

abases
censures
civilians
condemns
damns
degrades
demeans
demotes
denounces
deposes
dethrones
disgraces
dishonors
dismisses
downgrades
enemy
expels
humbles
humiliates
impeaches
lowers
mortifies
ousts
overthrows
reduces
removes
reprobates
shames
takes down
unmakes
unseats

Meanings of knights

noun
1. A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
2. A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.
3. (by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
4. (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
5. A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.
6. A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.
7. A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
8. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.
9. (modern) A generic name for various mushrooms belonging to the fungal order gilled mushrooms; scientific name Tricholoma.
verb
1. To confer knighthood upon.
2. To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

Example Sentences

The knights rode into battle with their swords drawn.
The knights of the round table gathered to discuss their strategy.
She admired the bravery of the knights in the story.
The knights protected the kingdom from invaders.
The knights swore an oath to defend the realm at all costs.

On this page you'll find 135 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to knights, such as: abases, acclaims, advances, aggrandizes, applauds, archers, aristocrats.

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