Sheik Synonyms

zhēk; also, for 1 & 2, zhāk
The leader of an Arab village or family
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sheikh
  2. tribal sheik
  3. tribal sheikh
  4. Arab chief
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dandy
  2. dude
  3. fop
  4. gallant
  5. beau
  6. swell
  7. fashion-plate
  8. clotheshorse

Words Related to Sheik

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. nawaf
  2. bey
  3. Ragheb
  4. Yerbouti
  5. fuad

Sheik Sentence Examples

  • Sheik himself invaded Asia Minor and forced the Turkoman states to acknowledge his suzerainty.

  • On the 1st of February 1773 he received information from Cairo that Abul-Dhahab had made himself Sheik al-Balad, and in that capacity was practising unheard-of extortions, which were making Egypt with one voice call for the return of All Bey.

  • The present Sheik of Bahrein (who lives chiefly at Moharek) is of the family of El Kalifa.

  • Avicenna, however, remained hidden for forty days in a sheik's house, till a fresh attack of illness induced the amir to restore him to his post.

  • He thereby excited the suspicions of the Sheik al-Balad Khalil Bey, who organized an attack upon him in the streets of Cairo, in consequence of which he fled to Upper Egypt.

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