Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb checker

2 senses of checker

Sense 1
check, checker, chequer -- (mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on)
       => draw -- (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse")

Sense 2
checker, chequer -- (variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns)
       => vary, variegate, motley -- (make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu")

Antonyms of adj checkered

2 senses of checkered

Sense 1
checked, checkered, chequered -- (patterned with alternating squares of color)

INDIRECT (VIA patterned) -> plain, unpatterned -- (lacking patterns especially in color)

Sense 2
checkered -- (marked by changeable fortune; "a checkered business career")

INDIRECT (VIA changeable) -> unchangeable -- (not changeable or subject to change; "a fixed and unchangeable part of the germ plasm"-Ashley Montagu; "the unchangeable seasons"; "one of the unchangeable facts of life")

Similarity of adj checkered

2 senses of checkered

Sense 1
checked, checkered, chequered -- (patterned with alternating squares of color)
       => patterned (vs. plain) -- (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))

Sense 2
checkered -- (marked by changeable fortune; "a checkered business career")
       => changeable (vs. unchangeable), changeful -- (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices")