What is another word for key?

Synonyms for key
kikey

This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word key.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. key

    Synonyms:
    clew, guide, explanation, solution

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. keynoun

    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. keynoun

    something crucial for explaining

    "the key to development is economic integration"

    Synonyms:
    samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  3. keynoun

    pitch of the voice

    "he spoke in a low key"

    Synonyms:
    samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  4. key, tonalitynoun

    any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

    Synonyms:
    samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  5. keynoun

    a kilogram of a narcotic drug

    "they were carrying two keys of heroin"

    Synonyms:
    samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  6. samara, key fruit, keynoun

    a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

    Synonyms:
    samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  7. Key, Francis Scott Keynoun

    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. key, cay, Florida keynoun

    a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

    Synonyms:
    samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  9. key, paintnoun

    (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

    "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint"

    Synonyms:
    samara, tonality, rouge, cay, paint, headstone, pigment, blusher, keystone, key fruit, winder

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  10. keynoun

    a list of answers to a test

    "some students had stolen the key to the final exam"

    Synonyms:
    samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  11. keynoun

    a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

    Synonyms:
    samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  12. keynoun

    a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access

    "a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it"

    Synonyms:
    samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  13. winder, keynoun

    mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

    Synonyms:
    samara, tonality, cay, paint, headstone, keystone, key fruit, winder

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  14. keystone, key, headstonenoun

    the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

    Synonyms:
    samara, tombstone, tonality, keystone, backbone, paint, lynchpin, linchpin, gravestone, winder, headstone, anchor, key fruit, mainstay, cay

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  15. keyadjective

    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. cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primalverb

    serving as an essential component

    "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

    Synonyms:
    fundamental, primeval, primordial, profound, cardinal, underlying, central, rudimentary, aboriginal, primaeval, primal

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  17. identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, nameverb

    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, 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. keyverb

    provide with a key

    "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building"

    Synonyms:
    distinguish, describe, discover, identify, name, key out

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  19. keyverb

    vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key

    "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"

    Synonyms:
    distinguish, describe, discover, identify, name, key out

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  20. keyverb

    regulate the musical pitch of

    Synonyms:
    distinguish, describe, discover, identify, name, key out

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

  21. keyverb

    harmonize with or adjust to

    "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"

    Synonyms:
    distinguish, describe, discover, identify, name, key out

    Antonyms:
    unimportant

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. capsid

    a way to open something

    the virus' capsid was like a key to a lock.

    Submitted by rinat on January 12, 2016  

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. keynoun

    Synonyms:
    clew, guide, explanation, solution, elucidation, CLAVIS

  2. keynoun

    Synonyms:
    tonic, key-note, fundamental note, first note of the scale

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 1 vote

  1. keynoun

    Associated words:
    claviger, clavigerous, cleidomancy, escutcheon, lock

  2. keynoun

    Synonyms:
    pitch, tone

  3. keynoun

    Synonyms:
    clew, solution, guide, explanation, elucidation, clavis, wharf, quay, forelock, cotter, bar, pin, samara

Nicknames3.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of known nicknames for "Key":

    Ki-bum Kim, Kim Kibum, Kibummie, Bummie, Almighty Key, Diva Key, Kimbap, Gwiboon, 김기범, Kim Ki-bum

Suggested Resources

  1. KEY

    What does KEY stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the KEY acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

How to pronounce key?

How to say key in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#64see
#100find
#104top
#107list
#108name
#132make
#224report
#228line
#316place
#342guide
#361account
#373main
#374call
#424learn
#462large
#569key
#573important
#638major
#686central
#689notice
#723tell
#834mark
#945basic
#1091solution
#1243primary
#1406significant
#1465leading
#1617core
#1618break
#1736hear
#1783critical
#2131essential
#2228separate
#2244identify
#2831principal
#2884refer
#2915spot
#2995discover
#3114describe
#3231keys
#3350draw
#3445paint
#3884strike
#3935mention
#4428fundamental
#4474explanation
#4730recognize
#4760vital
#5503trace
#5739underlying
#6242crucial
#6492constitute
#6900anchor
#7029detect
#7124reveal
#7591observe
#7982cite
#7983aboriginal
#8822rouge
#9419disclose
#9541advert
#9954unwrap
#10082cardinal
#10269distinguish
#11321profound
#12149appoint
#12168recognise
#12366expose
#14066backbone
#14461diagnose
#14738keystone
#14782attain
#15034cle
#17309wrench
#17532nominate
#17787differentiate
#18032decisive
#19816pigment
#20616primal
#20732depict
#21478pivotal
#26153dongle
#26256cay
#26968discern
#28183tombstone
#31770mainstay
#34512winder
#36939rudimentary
#38702primordial
#42688divulge
#43763delineate
#44760samara
#45382headstone
#51573gravestone
#63365primeval
#85120tonality
#108269clew
#110039linchpin
#119593blusher
#190974lynchpin

How to use key in a sentence?

  1. Millan Mulraine:

    It suggests that consumers are beginning to tighten their purse strings, this will be a particular concern for the Fed as this segment of the economy remains the key source of support for the economic recovery.

  2. Alex Azar:

    Dr. Redfield and I made the offer on January 6th - 36 days ago, 60,000 cases and 1,300 deaths ago, we made the offer to send the The CDC experts in to assist their Chinese colleagues to get to the bottom of key scientific questions like, how transmissible is this disease ? What is the severity ? What is the incubation period and can there be asymptomatic transmission ?

  3. James Lewis:

    The key question for this court is whether the conduct of Mr Sarao amounts to a crime in the UK, quite simply it does not. There's no English crime of spoofing.

  4. Karyl Rattay:

    If we want to have kids in school this fall, and as many kids as we possibly can get into school, masks are a key component.

  5. Matt Gorman:

    The key is going to be navigating primaries, that is going to be the issue. And making sure we are getting candidates that can run statewide and appeal to folks statewide.


Translations for key

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for key »

Translation

Find a translation for the key synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"key." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/key>.

Discuss these key synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for key?

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Synonyms.com

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    Which of the following words is not a synonym of the others?
    A cloistral
    B secluded
    C reclusive
    D secular

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for key: