queenless

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adjective

Without a queen.

Opposite
queenright
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectivequeenless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a queen.

    Kramnik is perhaps the greatest exponent of heavyweight queenless middlegames in the history of chess.

    2012, Neil McDonald, Chess Success: Planning After the Opening, page 55
    1 more example

    We have yet to identify every factor involved, but one variable is whether the nest contains a queen ant (queenright) or is queenless.

    2012, Andrew Pullin, Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies

Synonyms & antonyms

antonym(s) of “of colonies of ants, bees, etc.”

Opposite
queenright

Origin

From queen + -less.

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Translations

Greek αβασίλευτος
  • αβασίλευτος (avasíleftos)without a queen
Cite this entry
APA

queenless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queenless

MLA

“queenless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queenless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “queenless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queenless.

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