Synonyms for Checkmate:

• n.

  •
  • gambit,
  • bishop,
  • castle.
  •
  • retreat.
  •act (noun)
  • checkmate,
  • mate.
  •deadlock (noun)
  • gridlock,
  • quandary,
  • predicaments,
  • predicament.
  •end (noun)
  • conclusion,
  • finale,
  • cessation,
  • terminal,
  • closing,
  • ending,
  • completion,
  • termination,
  • death,
  • demise,
  • finis,
  • windup,
  • expiration,
  • culmination,
  • accomplishment.
  •failure (noun)
  • lemon,
  • nonperformance,
  • inadequacy,
  • Non-performance,
  • Unsuccess,
  • loser,
  • fiasco,
  • washout,
  • nonsuccess,
  • sinking ship,
  • insolvency,
  • total loss,
  • implosion,
  • nonfeasance,
  • lead balloon,
  • faux pas,
  • non-success,
  • failings,
  • unsuccessfulness.
  •halt (noun)
  • counter.
  •insolvency (noun)
  • in solvency,
  • in-solvency,
  • in solvencies,
  • in-solvencies.
  •nonfeasance (noun)
  • de-fault,
  • non feasance,
  • de fault,
  • non-feasances,
  • de faults,
  • de-faults,
  • non feasances.
  •obstruction (noun)
  • blockings.
  •standstill (noun)
  • in-actions,
  • dead stops,
  • in-action.
  •stop (noun)
  • standstill.
  •unsuccess (noun)
  • un success,
  • un-success,
  • un-successes,
  • un successes.
  •unsuccessfulness (noun)
  • un successfulness,
  • un-successfulness,
  • un-successfulnesses,
  • un successfulnesses.
  •victory (noun)
  • win,
  • victory,
  • achievement,
  • ascendancy,
  • knockout,
  • conquest,
  • mastery,
  • Subdual,
  • success,
  • winning,
  • grand slam,
  • subjection.

• v.

  •check (verb)
  • dis-courage,
  • re duce,
  • re pulse,
  • counter-acted,
  • slows down,
  • counter-acts,
  • slowing down,
  • Bitting,
  • re presses,
  • with-holds,
  • holds down,
  • re-duce,
  • re-buffs,
  • de lays,
  • re buffed,
  • slackened pace,
  • re pulsed,
  • dis courages,
  • re-pulse,
  • with hold,
  • nip the bud,
  • counter acted,
  • de-lay,
  • re-pulsed,
  • with holding,
  • nip in bud,
  • re-pulses,
  • pre-vents,
  • de-laying,
  • re-press,
  • counter-acting,
  • pre vents,
  • re-buffed,
  • re press,
  • de-lays,
  • counter-act,
  • reining in,
  • re-presses,
  • re buffing,
  • counter act,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re buffs,
  • holds in,
  • re pressed,
  • counter acting,
  • re-buff,
  • dis courage,
  • with-held,
  • pre-vent,
  • re pulsing,
  • de lay,
  • played for time,
  • pre venting,
  • with holds,
  • re-buffing,
  • re pressing,
  • re pulses,
  • re buff,
  • pre-venting,
  • pre-vented,
  • re duces,
  • with held,
  • re-pressing,
  • pre vent,
  • re-duces,
  • with-hold,
  • nip bud,
  • counter acts,
  • slackens pace,
  • de laying,
  • slackening pace,
  • dis-courages.
  •conquer (verb)
  • out-witting,
  • over rode,
  • getting better of,
  • brings knees,
  • over-masters,
  • gotten the better of,
  • over throws,
  • over-mastering,
  • over-throw,
  • over powering,
  • getting the better of,
  • got better of,
  • over mastered,
  • wipes map,
  • out wits,
  • gat better of,
  • over-threw,
  • pre-vailed,
  • sub jugate,
  • over powers,
  • wiped off map,
  • over powered,
  • wiped map,
  • over masters,
  • over ridden,
  • over throwing,
  • sub-due,
  • sub-jugate,
  • sur mount,
  • over mastering,
  • bringing knees,
  • out-wits,
  • got the better of,
  • sur mounting,
  • over throw,
  • sur mounted,
  • trampled underfoot,
  • over-powers,
  • over ride,
  • tramples underfoot,
  • over thrown,
  • out-wit,
  • over power,
  • wiping off map,
  • brings to knees,
  • over-riding,
  • gat the better of,
  • pre vailed,
  • wipe map,
  • gets better of,
  • over-rode,
  • over riding,
  • over-ridden,
  • sub due,
  • over-throwing,
  • over-power,
  • pre-vail,
  • over-powering,
  • brought to knees,
  • gets the better of,
  • over-master,
  • sur-mount,
  • pre vail,
  • out witted,
  • out witting,
  • over threw,
  • wipes off map,
  • bringing to knees,
  • out-witted,
  • over master,
  • sur mounts,
  • over-rides,
  • over-mastered,
  • pre vails,
  • gotten better of,
  • bring knees,
  • over-powered,
  • sub-dues,
  • over rides,
  • trampling underfoot,
  • brought knees,
  • over-throws,
  • sur-mounting,
  • sub dues,
  • get better of,
  • wiping map,
  • pre-vails,
  • sur-mounted,
  • sur-mounts,
  • pre vailing,
  • over-thrown.
  •countermove (verb)
  • gain,
  • stop,
  • corner,
  • undo,
  • triumph,
  • outwit.
  •cut short (verb)
  • brings an end; leave unfinished,
  • bringing to an end; leave unfinished,
  • inter-cept,
  • stopt short,
  • stops short,
  • bringing to end; leave unfinished,
  • brought to an end; leave unfinished,
  • post pones,
  • putting stop to,
  • brought end; leave unfinished,
  • brings to end; leave unfinished,
  • inter cept,
  • stopping short,
  • stopping cold,
  • brings end; leave unfinished,
  • brought to end; leave unfinished,
  • puts a stop to,
  • brings to an end; leave unfinished,
  • post-pone,
  • broke short,
  • stopped dead,
  • breaks short,
  • stopped short,
  • bring end; leave unfinished,
  • stopt dead,
  • puts stop to,
  • putting a stop to,
  • stops cold,
  • stopped cold,
  • bring an end; leave unfinished,
  • post pone,
  • bring to end; leave unfinished,
  • stopt cold,
  • breaking short,
  • stops dead,
  • brake short,
  • stopping dead,
  • bringing end; leave unfinished,
  • bringing an end; leave unfinished,
  • post-pones,
  • brought an end; leave unfinished.
  •defeat (verb)
  • outdo,
  • overcome,
  • master,
  • subdue,
  • overturn,
  • whip,
  • surmount,
  • subject,
  • overpower,
  • trump,
  • capture,
  • predominate,
  • overthrow,
  • outplay,
  • humble,
  • rout.
  •discomfit (verb)
  • dis countenanced,
  • over-coming,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • dis-countenances,
  • un settle,
  • over-came,
  • dis countenancing,
  • de moralize,
  • un-settles,
  • un settles,
  • dis countenance,
  • dis composing,
  • dis comfits,
  • dis-comfits,
  • over coming,
  • dis composes,
  • dis-composing,
  • dis-composes,
  • dis-comfit,
  • over-comes,
  • un-settle,
  • un-settled,
  • dis comfit,
  • dis countenances,
  • un settling,
  • dis compose,
  • de-moralize,
  • up-setting,
  • un-settling,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • over comes,
  • de moralizing,
  • de-moralized,
  • de moralizes,
  • de moralized,
  • dis-compose,
  • dis composed,
  • up-sets,
  • de-moralizing,
  • de-moralizes,
  • dis-composed,
  • up-set,
  • over came,
  • over come,
  • un settled,
  • up sets,
  • dis-countenance,
  • up setting.
  •end (verb)
  • conclude,
  • die,
  • close,
  • halt,
  • exit,
  • culminate,
  • cap,
  • end,
  • finalize,
  • terminate,
  • complete,
  • wrap up,
  • cease,
  • decease,
  • pass away,
  • accomplish,
  • pass on,
  • expire,
  • finish.
  •foil (verb)
  • gave run-around,
  • giving run around,
  • juking,
  • gat around,
  • gave run around,
  • throws monkey wrench in,
  • gave the runaround,
  • give slip,
  • threw monkey wrench in,
  • give run-around,
  • gives the runaround,
  • running rings around,
  • giving the run around,
  • gives the run around,
  • re strained,
  • buffaloing,
  • gives runaround,
  • runs rings around,
  • re-straining,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • gets around,
  • give runaround,
  • giving runaround,
  • re strain,
  • gave runaround,
  • gotten around,
  • shuffling off,
  • hangs up,
  • upsetting the apple cart,
  • gave the run around,
  • re-strained,
  • shuffled off,
  • hanging up,
  • gave slip,
  • upsets the apple cart,
  • gave the slip,
  • shuffles off,
  • giving the run-around,
  • gives the run-around,
  • giving run-around,
  • gives the slip,
  • runs circles around,
  • giving the slip,
  • throwing monkey wrench in,
  • running circles around,
  • re-strains,
  • gives run around,
  • got around,
  • re straining,
  • gives slip,
  • juked,
  • ran rings around,
  • giving slip,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • giving the runaround,
  • bollixes,
  • re strains,
  • hanged up,
  • re-strain,
  • ran circles around,
  • gave the run-around,
  • gives run-around.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • chessman,
  • grand master,
  • chess,
  • chessboard,
  • pawn.
  •
  • frustrate,
  • stalemate,
  • baffle,
  • thwart,
  • balk,
  • rook,
  • stymie.
  •
  • knight,
  • stump.
  •
  • king,
  • queen.
  •
  • cross.
  •
  • man,
  • square.
  •cut short
  • put a stop to,
  • put stop to,
  • break short,
  • stop short,
  • stop dead,
  • bring to an end; leave unfinished,
  • stop cold.
  •defeat
  • cast down,
  • skunked,
  • shellac,
  • beat down,
  • Blanked,
  • skunking,
  • put end to,
  • beat the system,
  • Counterplotting,
  • counter-plot,
  • over turn,
  • cause setback,
  • squash,
  • casting down,
  • Squashing,
  • throw for loop,
  • take wind out of sails,
  • nose out,
  • counterplot,
  • Counterplotted,
  • Blanking.
  •impede
  • hinder.

Paraphrases for Checkmate:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    mat, Mats.
  • Interjection
    mate.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    LS.

Antonyms for Checkmate:

• v.

  • countermove
    lose, help, abet, aid, encourage, allow, fail, surrender, give up, support, assist, forfeit.
  • Other antonyms:
    resign, submit, retreat, succumb, promote, yield, fly, fall, nurture, cultivate, retire, capitulate, cede.

Hyponym for Checkmate:

• n.

  • act
    chess move.
  • event
    triumph, victory.

• v.

  • competition
    beat out, shell, beat, vanquish, trounce, crush.