Synonyms of the word

chequer

• n. Alternative spelling of checker.
• v. Alternative spelling of checker.

attendant

• n. One who attends; one who works with or watches something.
• n. A servant or valet.
• n. (chiefly archaic) A visitor or caller.
• adj. Going with; associated; concomitant.
• adj. (law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.

attender

• n. An attendee; one who attends a course, meeting etc.
• n. (metaphysics) The subject; one who experiences.

check

• n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• n. An inspection or examination.
• n. A control; a limit or stop.
• n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
• n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
• n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
• n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
• n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
• n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
• n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
• n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n. A small chink or crack.
• v. To inspect; to examine.
• v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
• v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
• v. To control, limit, or halt.
• v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
• v. To leave in safekeeping.
• v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
• v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
• v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
• v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
• v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
• v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
• v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
• v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
• v. To act as a curb or restraint.
• v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

checker

• n. One who checks something.
• n. The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
• n. A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).
• v. (transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
• v. (intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
• n. The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis.

draw

• v. (heading) To move or develop something.
• v. (heading) To exert or experience force.
• v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
• v. (heading) To change in size or shape.
• v. (heading) To attract or be attracted.
• v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
• v. To disembowel.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
• v. A random selection process.
• v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect…
• v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
• v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes…
• n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
• n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
• n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
• n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings…
• n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice,…
• n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
• n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
• n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
• n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary…
• n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
• n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

motley

• adj. Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous.
• adj. Having many colours; variegated.
• n. An incongruous mixture.
• n. A jester's multicoloured clothes.
• n. (by extension) A jester; a fool.

tender

• adj. Sensitive or painful to the touch.
• adj. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
• adj. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
• adj. (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
• adj. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
• adj. Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
• adj. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
• adj. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
• adj. (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
• adj. (obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
• adj. (obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
• v. (now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
• v. To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
• n. (obsolete) Regard; care; kind concern.
• n. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
• n. (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
• n. (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
• n. (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
• n. (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
• v. (formal) To offer, to give.
• v. to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
• n. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
• n. (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
• n. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.

variegate

• v. (transitive) to add variety to something; to diversify.
• v. (transitive) to change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of…
• v. to dabble.
• adj. variegated.

vary

• v. (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
• v. (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
• v. (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
• v. (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
• v. (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
• v. (transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
• v. (transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key,…
• v. (obsolete) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
• n. (obsolete) alteration; change.