Court definition

Court as a noun

1. an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

   Same sense: tribunal, judicature

2. a room in which a law court sits

   "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"

   Same sense: courtroom

3. the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state

   Same sense: royal court

4. a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played

   "players had to reserve a court in advance"

5. the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince

   Same sense: royal court

6. a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area

   Same sense: motor hotel, tourist court, motor lodge, motor inn

7. the residence of a sovereign or nobleman

   "the king will visit the duke's court"

8. an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings

   "the house was built around an inner court"

   Same sense: courtyard

9. respectful deference

   "pay court to the emperor"

   Same sense: homage

Court as a verb

10. make amorous advances towards

    "John is courting Mary"

    Same sense: romance, woo, solicit

11. seek someone's favor

    Same sense: woo

12. engage in social activities leading to marriage

    "We were courting for over ten years"

Synonyms and antonyms

• tribunal
• judicature
• courtroom
• royal court
• motor hotel
• tourist court
• motor lodge
• motor inn
• courtyard
• homage
• romance
• woo
• solicit

All synonyms of court, sense by sense

How to say court

Court has 1 syllable and rhymes with support. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with court

• support
• short
• report
• sort
• airport
• sport
• port
• transport
• fort
• resort
• import
• passport

COURT in word games

Scrabble

7

Words With Friends

9

Anagrams

0

Is COURT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check COURT in the word checker, or unscramble COURT to see the shorter words in its letters.