1. (noun) key
metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
Synonyms: samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
2. (noun) key
something crucial for explaining
Synonyms: samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
3. (noun) key
pitch of the voice
Synonyms: samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
4. (noun) key, tonality
any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
Synonyms: samara, tonality, key, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
5. (noun) key
a kilogram of a narcotic drug
Synonyms: samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
6. (noun) samara, key fruit, key
a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
Synonyms: samara, tonality, key, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
7. (noun) Key, Francis Scott Key
United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
Synonyms: samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
8. (noun) key, cay, Florida key
a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
Synonyms: samara, tonality, key, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
9. (noun) key, paint
(basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
Synonyms: samara, tonality, key, rouge, cay, paint, headstone, pigment, blusher, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
10. (noun) key
a list of answers to a test
Synonyms: samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
11. (noun) key
a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
Synonyms: samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
12. (noun) key
a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
Synonyms: samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
13. (noun) winder, key
mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
Synonyms: samara, tonality, key, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
14. (noun) keystone, key, headstone
the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
Synonyms: samara, tombstone, tonality, keystone, key, backbone, paint, lynchpin, linchpin, gravestone, winder, headstone, anchor, key fruit, mainstay, cay
Antonyms: unimportant
15. (adj) key
a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
Synonyms: samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder
Antonyms: unimportant
16. (verb) cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal
serving as an essential component
Synonyms: fundamental, primeval, primordial, key, profound, cardinal, underlying, central, rudimentary, aboriginal, primaeval, primal
Antonyms: unimportant
17. (verb) identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Synonyms: account, detect, distinguish, chance upon, signalise, trace, let out, separate, place, secern, bring out, reveal, disclose, attain, let on, depict, cite, find, describe, get word, differentiate, fall upon, refer, strike, spot, report, nominate, make, pick out, see, find out, key, expose, bring up, give away, mark, break, appoint, severalise, tell apart, signalize, happen upon, delineate, list, divulge, identify, make out, come across, key out, observe, get a line, notice, recognize, line, name, pick up, call, mention, draw, discern, advert, recognise, tell, unwrap, constitute, learn, come upon, light upon, get wind, chance on, diagnose, discover, secernate, severalize, hear
Antonyms: unimportant
18. (verb) key
provide with a key
Synonyms: distinguish, describe, discover, identify, name, key out
Antonyms: unimportant
19. (verb) key
vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
Synonyms: distinguish, describe, discover, identify, name, key out
Antonyms: unimportant
20. (verb) key
regulate the musical pitch of
Synonyms: distinguish, describe, discover, identify, name, key out
Antonyms: unimportant
21. (verb) key
harmonize with or adjust to
Synonyms: distinguish, describe, discover, identify, name, key out
Antonyms: unimportant
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Synonyms and Antonyms of key 
