Queenlike

Origin

queen + -like

Full definition of queenlike

Adjective

1. Resembling a queen (female monarch) or some aspect of one; regal, majestic.
2. (zoology) Resembling a queen (reproductive female animal) or some aspect of one.
• 1991, Kenneth G Ross, Robert W Matthews, The social biology of waspsAlthough the laying workers functioned in a queenlike manner, they were unable to suppress ovarian development as effectively as the queen.

Antonyms

• unqueenlike