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Checker

One who checks.

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Attendant 76% connected

Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Attender 76% connected

One who, or that which, attends.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Examiner 76% connected

One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inspector 76% connected

One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a milit…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Motley 76% connected

Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tender 76% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Variegate 76% connected

To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vary 76% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

King 76% connected

A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Check 74% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Check 74% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 2

Check 92% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Chequer 92% connected

Same as Checker.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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