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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. heelverb

    Synonyms:
    (Naut.) incline, lean

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "heel":

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

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#154500leaper
#162113blackguard
#281499frump

How to use heel in a sentence?

  1. Mona Hanna-Attisha:

    Teeth are like tree rings, you can see if the kid was lead-exposed, how much lead exposure there was, and when the kid had it. We're also looking at newborn heel spots (the blood taken in hospitals from the heels of all newborns) because lead in water impacts newborns. We're going to get lead levels from those heel spots.

  2. Matthew Rycroft:

    Russia sits here today humiliated by its inability to bring to heel a puppet dictator.

  3. Wayne Koff:

    We will have found the Achilles heel of HIV.

  4. Dorothy Marcic:

    You know, I never thought that I cared about court justice, i just wanted the truth to come up. I couldn’t find any evidence of my uncle being abusive. He and Suzanne certainly argued a lot… But I just needed to know the truth. And I felt that was justice. My uncle was a decent man, but he had an Achilles' heel. He lost his life and he’s not here to defend himself.

  5. Christians Castillo:

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


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