Antonyms for iron
ˈaɪ ərniron

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1. iron2

   Made of the metal iron.

   Synonyms:
   press

2. iron2

   Strong (as of will), inflexible.

   Synonyms:
   adamant, brassbound, adamantine

Matched Categories

1. • Golf Club
   • Implement
   • Metallic Element

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1. iron, Fe, atomic number 26noun

   a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

   Antonyms:
   frail

   Synonyms:
   branding iron, smoothing iron, atomic number 26

2. ironnoun

   a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head

   Antonyms:
   frail

   Synonyms:
   branding iron, smoothing iron, atomic number 26

3. iron, branding ironnoun

   implement used to brand live stock

   Antonyms:
   frail

   Synonyms:
   branding iron, smoothing iron, atomic number 26

4. iron, smoothing ironadjective

   home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth

   Antonyms:
   frail

   Synonyms:
   branding iron, smoothing iron, atomic number 26

5. cast-iron, ironverb

   extremely robust

   "an iron constitution"

   Antonyms:
   frail

   Synonyms:
   cast-iron

6. iron, iron out, pressverb

   press and smooth with a heated iron

   "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"

   Antonyms:
   frail

   Synonyms:
   weigh, fight, beseech, agitate, press out, bid, constrict, crusade, iron out, weight-lift, press, exhort, conjure, weightlift, campaign, put right, urge on, entreat, compact, squeeze, straighten out, compress, contract, adjure, push, urge

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1. ironnoun

   Synonyms:
   cast iron, wrought iron, pig iron, spiegel iron

   Associated words:
   ferriferous, ferrous, billet, ore, forge, founder, foundry, ironmaster, ironmonger, ironmongery, ironsmith, ironware, irony, ironbound, pyrites, metallurgy, metallurgist, siderurgy, siderotechny, siderognost, siderurgical, malleable, smelt, smeltery, anneal, siderite, shadrach, larget, manganese, carbon, speiss

2. ironverb

   Synonyms:
   smooth, mangle

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1. iron

   Synonyms:
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How to use iron in a sentence?

1. Christina G. Rossetti:

   In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.

2. Leonardo DaVinci:

   Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

3. Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson:

   I fear that big parts of the global economy will ultimately be closed off to the free flow of investment and trade. And that is why I now see the prospect of an economic iron curtain -- one that throws up new walls on each side and unmakes the global economy, as we have known it.

4. Cleveland Browns:

   For the past five seasons, JC has been a mainstay and iron man at center for us, he came to our organization at a time of instability and was one of the key veterans that helped turn the tide over the past several years.

5. Julia Wang:

   Indeed, demand for commodities (coal, iron ore, crude oil, copper) have slowed across the board, both in volume as well as value terms. This suggests that the domestic industrial sector has probably slowed over the month.

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