Synonyms for heel
hilheel

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1. heelnoun

   the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation

   Synonyms:
   dog, hound, bounder, blackguard, cad

2. heelnoun

   the back part of the human foot

   Synonyms:
   dog, hound, bounder, blackguard, cad

3. cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heelnoun

   someone who is morally reprehensible

   "you dirty dog"

   Synonyms:
   firedog, wienerwurst, hound, weenie, frank, frankfurter, hotdog, cad, hound dog, detent, dog, pawl, bounder, wiener, frump, computer-aided design, click, hot dog, blackguard, dog-iron, domestic dog, andiron, leaper

4. heelnoun

   one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread

   Synonyms:
   dog, hound, bounder, blackguard, cad

5. heelnoun

   the lower end of a ship's mast

   Synonyms:
   dog, hound, bounder, blackguard, cad

6. heelverb

   (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft

   Synonyms:
   dog, hound, bounder, blackguard, cad

7. list, heelverb

   tilt to one side

   "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard"

   Synonyms:
   name, reheel, list, number, lean

8. heelverb

   follow at the heels of a person

   Synonyms:
   reheel, list

9. heelverb

   perform with the heels

   "heel that dance"

   Synonyms:
   reheel, list

10. heelverb

    strike with the heel of the club

    "heel a golf ball"

    Synonyms:
    reheel, list

11. heel, reheelverb

    put a new heel on

    "heel shoes"

    Synonyms:
    reheel, list

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heelverb

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) incline, lean

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "heel":

   talon, stub, counterfoil, inclination, bead, achilles, camel, lug

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How to use heel in a sentence?

1. Christians Castillo:

   It's his Achilles' heel, those who would be coming into power with him, I think, would be very worried.

2. Andreas Essig:

   Now copsin kills bacteria by binding to an essential cell wall building block, the cell wall you can consider like the achilles heel of bacteria, so when you disrupt the cell wall synthesis bacteria usually dies rapidly. The binding pattern of copsin on this building block is very unique and therefore copsin is active against bacteria resistant to conventional antibiotics.

3. Alan MacGill:

   The devices can help control excessive motion in the foot, the shoe should be the correct size for the child and not too flimsy from toe to heel.

4. Van Hinsbergen:

   Most mountain chains that we investigated originated from a single continent that separated from North Africa more than 200 million years ago, the only remaining part of this continent is a strip that runs from Turin via the Adriatic Sea to the heel of the boot that forms Italy.

5. London Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley:

   We have a growing Achilles heel that, if it is not tackled, will slowly diminish our ability to keep the public safe, if we are glibly creating a safe operating environment for criminals and terrorists, we are going to regret it.