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Synonyms for nail
neɪlnail
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Princeton's WordNet
nailnoun
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
nailnoun
a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
nailverb
a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
nailverb
attach something somewhere by means of nails
"nail the board onto the wall"
Synonyms:
apprehend, collar, peg, breeze through, sail through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, nab, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smashcollar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, copverb
take into custody
"the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
Synonyms:
quail at, cop, uplift, peck, hook, savvy, hear, complete, get, dig, percolate, hold back, nail, glom, nail down, pass with flying colors, perk up, smash, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, snitch, boom, call for, see, find out, turn back, grasp, perk, halt, gain vigor, knock off, ace, compass, receive, sweep through, stop, sail through, get the picture, pinpoint, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, comprehend, lift up, peg, intoxicate, pick up, breeze through, contain, elate, catch, thieve, blast, grok, learn, get wind, hold, collect, discover, checksmash, nail, boom, blastverb
hit hard
"He smashed a 3-run homer"
Synonyms:
boom out, cop, shoot, crush, bankrupt, complete, thunder, nail, nail down, pass with flying colors, smash, arrest, bang up, nab, din, smash up, ruin, boom, demolish, pillory, break, breeze through, ace, blare, sweep through, sail through, pinpoint, collar, apprehend, savage, peg, thrive, pick up, expand, flourish, crucify, blast, dash, knock down, shellnail down, nail, pegverb
succeed in obtaining a position
"He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
Synonyms:
peg down, sweep through, apprehend, pass with flying colors, collar, peg, blast, nab, settle, breeze through, sail through, pin down, narrow down, specify, ace, finalise, nail, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, finalize, boom, arrest, cop, narrow, smashbreeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nailverb
succeed at easily
"She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"
Synonyms:
sweep through, apprehend, collar, peg, breeze through, sail through, ace, pass with flying colors, nail, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, nab, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smashpinpoint, nailverb
locate exactly
"can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
Synonyms:
sweep through, apprehend, collar, peg, breeze through, sail through, ace, pass with flying colors, nail, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, nab, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smashcomplete, nailverb
complete a pass
Synonyms:
sweep through, fill in, collar, breeze through, dispatch, finish, nail, fill out, discharge, sail through, peg, ace, pass with flying colors, apprehend, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, nab, make out, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smash
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List of paraphrases for "nail":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#64 | see | |
#77 | get | |
#272 | check | |
#424 | learn | |
#522 | complete | |
#909 | receive | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1618 | break | |
#1736 | hear | |
#2674 | finish | |
#2700 | contain | |
#2995 | discover | |
#3129 | expand | |
#3616 | shell | |
#3635 | catch | |
#3823 | specify | |
#3889 | narrow | |
#4363 | collect | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5613 | hook | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#5688 | ace | |
#6422 | stud | |
#6477 | blast | |
#6667 | nail | |
#7386 | boom | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#7597 | collar | |
#7788 | dig | |
#8401 | thunder | |
#8587 | dash | |
#8623 | settle | |
#8911 | dispatch | |
#9382 | cop | |
#9792 | savage | |
#10086 | din | |
#10647 | compass | |
#11946 | peg | |
#12398 | crush | |
#13142 | grasp | |
#13346 | smash | |
#13468 | savvy | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#16959 | chlorine | |
#17739 | peck | |
#18549 | thrive | |
#21181 | comprehend | |
#21231 | finalize | |
#21586 | pinpoint | |
#21898 | bankrupt | |
#23713 | flourish | |
#28457 | nab | |
#30734 | uplift | |
#45245 | demolish | |
#45478 | perk | |
#45906 | hock | |
#53441 | apprehend | |
#58018 | finalise | |
#61869 | snitch | |
#63144 | ferocity | |
#64307 | grok | |
#64729 | fingernail | |
#80021 | crucify | |
#118560 | percolate | |
#130327 | pillory | |
#150121 | blare | |
#176380 | glom | |
#227814 | intoxicate | |
#290132 | elate | |
#323789 | thieve |
How to use nail in a sentence?
The race for Gauteng was nail-biting, and the last two days have been sleepless nights, it's a lesson that we should make sure that we win back the support of the middle class and skilled people. We used to say we don't care for clever blacks, that was a mistake. Those are the people who run the economy.
It's probably the hardest case I've ever had to deal with in my young career, just to see this particular situation where parents are just fighting tooth and nail and they're not gaining an inch at all, it's just heartbreaking.
I mean, I walk around, in the privacy of my home, with my hair all over my head, ya know? I wear a washed face when I'm not out and about, and my nail polish gets chipped, ya know? I'm just Cat. I wear over-sized, holey t-shirts around the house because they're so damn sexy to me and comfy, ya know? And I just don't feel like someone who's famous. I just don't.
Every selfie you post online cannot be taken back and so you need to make sure it's perfect and there is a lot of pressure to nail a selfie, you definitely want it to be sexy because, let's be real, sex sells.
Nail that zinger. Be angrier. Hide your inner wonk, but I have learned two important things from my time serving the people of Florida: One, I can't be someone I'm not.
Translations for nail
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- مسمارArabic
- nehetCzech
- sømDanish
- NagelGerman
- καρφίGreek
- najloEsperanto
- uñaSpanish
- ناخنPersian
- naulataFinnish
- clouFrench
- ingneIrish
- नाखूनHindi
- körömHungarian
- pakuIndonesian
- chiodoItalian
- מַסְמֵרHebrew
- ネイルJapanese
- ಉಗುರುKannada
- 네일Korean
- clavusLatin
- nagelDutch
- spikerNorwegian
- gwóźdźPolish
- unhaPortuguese
- unghieRomanian
- гвоздьRussian
- nagelSwedish
- ஆணிTamil
- గోరుTelugu
- เล็บThai
- tırnakTurkish
- цвяхUkrainian
- کیلUrdu
- móng tayVietnamese
- נאָגלYiddish
- 钉Chinese
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