Synonyms for pawn
pɔnpawn

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1. pawn

   Synonyms:
   pledge, impignorate

   Antonyms:
   ransom, redeem

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1. pawnnoun

   an article deposited as security

   Synonyms:
   instrument, cat's-paw

2. instrument, pawn, cat's-pawnoun

   a person used by another to gain an end

   Synonyms:
   instrument, legal document, cat's-paw, official document, tool, musical instrument, instrumental role, legal instrument

3. pawnnoun

   (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank

   Synonyms:
   instrument, cat's-paw

4. pawnverb

   borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan

   Synonyms:
   instrument, cat's-paw

5. pawn, soak, hockverb

   leave as a guarantee in return for money

   "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"

   Synonyms:
   fleece, hit it up, imbue, surcharge, dowse, inebriate, hook, overcharge, pluck, drench, souse, sop, soak, hock, gazump, intoxicate, rob, douse, plume

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1. • Assistant
   • Chess
   • Chessman
   • Pledge

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1. pawnnoun

   Synonyms:
   pledge (of a chattel to secure a debt), gage, security

2. pawnverb

   Synonyms:
   pledge, offer or give as security

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1. pawnverb

   Synonyms:
   pledge, impawn

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1. List of paraphrases for "pawn":

   pion, plaything, prefect, puppet

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1. Joel Patrick Warneke:

   At points of clarity, I realize that my life on earth is meaningless, and that I am merely a pawn in a bigger game. A game I cannot possible understand or have control of. Thankfully, before depression sets in, I drift back into my cloudy, bewildered daily routine.

2. Kevin McAleenan:

   No child should be a pawn in a scheme to manipulate our immigration system.

3. Nick Gordon:

   You know what I was ? I was Nick Gordon and then I became a pawn, somebody just to point the finger at, now I won't stand for it as long as I can fight it.

4. Bobby Brown:

   Nick Gordon know if there was something concrete I think I'd be in cuffs, you know what I was ? I was Nick Gordon and then I became a pawn, somebody just to point the finger at.

5. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper:

   I have been used as a political pawn for the past two years by Egypt and Qatar, so I would surely want to avoid being placed in that frame.