'Checkmate' definitions:
Definition of 'checkmate'
(from WordNet)
noun
Complete victory
noun
A chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king [syn: checkmate, mate]
verb
Place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" [syn: checkmate, mate]
Definition of 'Checkmate'
From: GCIDE
- Checkmate \Check"mate\ (ch[e^]k"m[=a]t), n. [F. ['e]chec et mat, fr. Per. sh[=a]h m[=a]t checkmate, lit., the king is dead, fr. Ar. m[=a]ta he died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game is finished. See Chess.]
- 1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Checkmate'
From: GCIDE
- Checkmate \Check"mate\ (-m[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkmated; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkmating.]
- 1. (Chess) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. [1913 Webster]
- To checkmate and control my just demands. --Ford. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'checkmate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrest,
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- balking,
- bell,
- blast,
- block,
- brake,
- brave,
- bring to,
- bring up short,
- challenge,
- check,
- circumvent,
- confound,
- confounding,
- confront,
- confusion,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- cut short,
- cutoff,
- dam,
- dash,
- dead stop,
- deadlock,
- defeat,
- defy,
- destroy,
- discomfit,
- discomfiture,
- disconcert,
- disconcertion,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disrupt,
- draw rein,
- elude,
- end,
- endgame,
- ending,
- final whistle,
- flummox,
- foil,
- foiling,
- freeze,
- frustrate,
- frustration,
- full stop,
- grinding halt,
- gun,
- halt,
- knock the chocks,
- lockout,
- nonplus,
- perplex,
- pull up,
- put paid to,
- rebuff,
- repulse,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- rout,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- setback,
- sit-down strike,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stalemate,
- stall,
- stand,
- standoff,
- standstill,
- stay,
- stem,
- stem the tide,
- stonewall,
- stop,
- stop cold,
- stop dead,
- stop short,
- stoppage,
- strike,
- stump,
- thwart,
- thwarting,
- upset,
- walkout,
- work stoppage