Heel

//hil//

Synonyms for "heel" (246 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (50)

Strong matches (73)

Related words (123)

pad parts pastern patte paw pedal extremity pedes pes philanderer pied pill pivot pivot about poop poor posterior postern prepare pug pursue

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Verb(1 words)

reheel

Noun(4 words)

scurvy scut slag slubberdegullion

Phrase(1 words)

that will do

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

29 entries

angle bottom bushel dance doctor end fix follow furbish up hit lean mend part portion repair restore

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Antonyms

6 entries

babyface face forward move move forward toe

Synonyms

4 entries

cad ender heeling list

Related terms

2 entries

angle of vanishing stability limit of positive stability

derived

104 entries

Achilles heel Achilles' heel Cuban heel French heel Louis heel Parliamentary heel Tar Heel at someone's heels back-heel backheel bootheel bring someone to heel bring to heel cool one's heels couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel cowheel

Showing 16 of 104 words.

derived from

1 entries

hock

distinct from

1 entries

toe

etymologically related_to

3 entries

heeld hield hock

has context

15 entries

american football anatomy architecture card games carpentry dance dancing firearms golf ireland professional wrestling slang specifically us workman slang

is a

8 entries

anatomical structure body part bottom end external anatomical part part skeletal structure solid object

manner of

4 entries

dance follow hit repair

part of

5 entries

boot foot golf club head loaf of bread shoe

related to

71 entries

agreement animal ankle arm back back foot base bottom bottom shoe braggart bread bully bun cant card carding machine

Showing 16 of 71 words.

similar

2 entries

lean list

Translations

394 translations across 165 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

hiel noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Ahtna

1 entries

ketatlʼ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Albanian

3 entries

takë noun (part of shoe)
thembër noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
thundër noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

πτέρνα noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
πτέρνη noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Arabic

4 entries

عَقِب noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
كعب noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
كَعْب noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
كَعْب noun (part of shoe)

Armenian

3 entries

գարշապար noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
կրունկ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
կրունկ noun (part of shoe)

Aromanian

2 entries

cãlcãnj noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
cãlcãnju noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Assamese

1 entries

গেৰোৱা noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Asturian

1 entries

calcañu noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

daban noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
daban noun (part of shoe)
ökcə noun (part of shoe)

Bangi

1 entries

etindi noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Bashkir

2 entries

үксә noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
үксә noun (part of shoe)

Basque

1 entries

orpo noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries

tiga noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Belarusian

2 entries

абца́с noun (part of shoe)
пя́тка noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Bengali

1 entries

এড়ি noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

एड़ी noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Bikol Central

1 entries

buol noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Bulgarian

4 entries

краешник noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
крайче noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
пета noun (rear part of a sock)
пета noun (last or lowest part of anything)

Burmese

2 entries

ခြေဖနောင့် noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
ရှူးဖိနပ်တို့၏ခွာ noun (part of shoe)

Catalan

4 entries

crostó noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
taló noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
taló noun (part of shoe)
estalonar verb (To follow at somebody's heels)

Cebuano

1 entries

tikod noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Central Melanau

1 entries

tug noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎦᏗᎨᏂ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

後跟 /后跟 noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
腳跟 /脚跟 noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
跟 noun (part of shoe)
鞋跟 noun (part of shoe)

Chuvash

1 entries

кӗле noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Coptic

2 entries

ϧⲁ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
ⲑⲓⲃⲥ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Cornish

4 entries

gwewen noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
gwewen noun (part of shoe)
seudhel noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
seudhel noun (part of shoe)

Czech

3 entries

pata noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
patka noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
podpatek noun (part of shoe)

Danish

2 entries

hæl noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
hæl noun (part of shoe)

Dutch

4 entries

hak noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
hak noun (part of shoe)
hiel noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
kapje noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)

Eastern Mari

2 entries

таган noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
таган noun (part of shoe)

Esperanto

1 entries

kalkano noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Estonian

2 entries

kand noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
konts noun (part of shoe)

Ewe

1 entries

afɔkpodzi noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Faroese

3 entries

hælur noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
hælur noun (part of shoe)
skálkur noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)

Finnish

4 entries

alapuoli noun (base of a bun)
kannikka noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
kanta noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
kanta noun (part of shoe)

French

4 entries

croûton noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
quignon noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
talon noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
talon noun (part of shoe)

Friulian

1 entries

calcagn noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Galician

1 entries

talón noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Gamilaraay

1 entries

dhanga noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Georgian

1 entries

ქუსლი noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

German

4 entries

Aaschnitt noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
Absatz noun (part of shoe)
Abschnitt noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
Anschnitt noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)

Gheg Albanian

1 entries

themer noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Greek

2 entries

τακούνι noun (part of shoe)
φτέρνα noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

talon noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Hebrew

2 entries

נְשִׁיקָה noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
עָקֵב noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Hindi

3 entries

एड़ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
एड़ी noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
एड़ी noun (part of shoe)

Hungarian

4 entries

gyürke noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
magassarkú cipő noun (woman's high-heeled shoe)
sarok noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
sarok noun (part of shoe)

Icelandic

2 entries

hæll noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
hæll noun (part of shoe)

Ido

1 entries

talono noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Indonesian

2 entries

tumit noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
tumit kaki noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Ingrian

2 entries

kablukka noun (part of shoe)
kanta noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Interlingua

2 entries

calce noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
talon noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Iranun

1 entries

palu noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Irish

1 entries

sáil noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Italian

4 entries

calcagno noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
cantuccio noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
poggiaguancia noun (firearms: back upper part of the stock)
tacco noun (part of shoe)

Japanese

4 entries

ヒール noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
ヒール noun (part of shoe)
踵 noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
踵 noun (part of shoe)

Javanese

1 entries

tungkak noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Jeju

2 entries

굽 noun (part of shoe)
발치기 noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

kalkanhar noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Kaitag

1 entries

кьвяш noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Kalmyk

1 entries

давхрг noun (part of shoe)

Kapampangan

1 entries

sakung noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Karakalpak

1 entries

o'kshe noun (part of shoe)

Kazakh

4 entries

табан noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
тақа noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
өкше noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
өкше noun (part of shoe)

Khmer

2 entries

កែងស្បែកជើង noun (part of shoe)
ចង្កោយ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Kimaragang

1 entries

tontod noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Korean

3 entries

굽 noun (part of shoe)
발뒤꿈치 noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
발뒤축 noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

согончок noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Ladino

1 entries

karkanyal noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Lao

2 entries

ສົ້ນ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
ສົ້ນ noun (part of shoe)

Latgalian

1 entries

papīds noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Latin

3 entries

calx noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
fulmenta noun (part of shoe)
tālus noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Latvian

2 entries

dona noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
papēdis noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Lingala

1 entries

etindi noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kulnas noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Lotud

2 entries

atad noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
gontod noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Low German

3 entries

Hack noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
Kanten noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
Knuust noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)

Lower Sorbian

3 entries

kšomica noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
kšomicka noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
pěta noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Lower Tanana

1 entries

katwtl noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Luxembourgish

3 entries

Feescht noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
Tallek noun (part of shoe)
Tallong noun (part of shoe)

Macedonian

4 entries

крајче noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
пе́та noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
пе́тица noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
потпетица noun (part of shoe)

Malay

1 entries

tumit noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഉപ്പുകുറ്റി noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Maltese

4 entries

għarqbejn noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
għarqub noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
għerieqeb noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
takkuna noun (part of shoe)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡤᡠᠶᡝ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Manx

1 entries

saayl noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Megleno-Romanian

1 entries

călcǫn' noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Middle English

2 entries

hele noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
hough noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Mizo

4 entries

keartui noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
keartui noun (part of shoe)
hnung zui verb (To follow at somebody's heels)
zui verb (To follow at somebody's heels)

Mongolian

2 entries

талхны зах noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
өсгий noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Navajo

2 entries

akétal noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
kétal noun (part of shoe)

Nepali

1 entries

कुर्कुच्चा noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Norman

2 entries

talon noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
talon noun (part of shoe)

North Frisian

1 entries

haiel noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Northern Altai

2 entries

энджек noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
энъчек noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Northern Sami

1 entries

šušmi noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Norwegian

1 entries

skalk noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

hæl noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
hæl noun (part of shoe)
krenge verb (incline)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

hæl noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
hæl noun (part of shoe)
krengja verb (incline)

Occitan

4 entries

calcanh noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
caucanh noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
talon noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
talonar verb (To follow at somebody's heels)

Old Armenian

2 entries

կրուկ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
կրուկն noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

пѧта noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Old English

1 entries

fiersn noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Old Irish

1 entries

sál noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

اوكچه noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
اوكچه noun (part of shoe)
اوكچه noun (rear part of a sock)
زوانه noun (architecture: lower end of a timber in a frame)

Pashto

1 entries

پونده noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Persian

2 entries

پاشنه noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
پاشنه کفش noun (part of shoe)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Hak noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Polish

3 entries

obcas noun (part of shoe)
pięta noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
piętka noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)

Portuguese

4 entries

calcanhar noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
salto noun (part of shoe)
tacão noun (part of shoe)
tampa noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਅੱਡੀ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Romanian

2 entries

colț noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
călcâi noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Romansch

4 entries

calcogn noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
caltgogn noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
chalchagn noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
chalcogn noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Rungus

1 entries

totod noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Russian

4 entries

горбу́шка noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
каблу́к noun (part of shoe)
пя́тка noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
пята́ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Sabah Bisaya

1 entries

tunob noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Salar

2 entries

ayaq ardı noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
ayaq soñı noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Sanskrit

1 entries

पार्ष्णि noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Sardinian

4 entries

calcanzu noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
calcanzu noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
carcàngiu noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
cracanzu noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

sàil noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
sàil noun (part of shoe)

Sebop

1 entries

tumit noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

peta noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
peta noun (part of shoe)
potpetica noun (part of shoe)
пета noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Sicilian

2 entries

calcagnu noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
carcagnu noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Sikkimese

1 entries

ཏིང་པོ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Sinhalese

1 entries

අඩිය noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Slovak

1 entries

päta noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Slovene

1 entries

peta noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Southern Altai

2 entries

чоҥчок noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
энчек noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Southern Sami

1 entries

båetskie noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Spanish

4 entries

calcañal noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
calcañar noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
calcaño noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
carcañal noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Swahili

4 entries

kisigino noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
kisigino noun (part of shoe)
kisigino noun (firearms: back upper part of the stock)
kisigino noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)

Swedish

4 entries

häl noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
häl noun (part of shoe)
klack noun (part of shoe)
skalk noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)

Tagal Murut

1 entries

tundov noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Tagalog

2 entries

sakong noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
sakong ng medyas noun (part of shoe)

Tajik

1 entries

пошна noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Tambunan Dusun

1 entries

gontod noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Tamil

1 entries

குதிக்கால் noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Tarifit

1 entries

nirz noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Tatar

1 entries

үкчә noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Telugu

1 entries

మడమ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Thai

2 entries

ส้น noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
ส้นเท้า noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Timugon Murut

1 entries

tunob noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Tooro

2 entries

ekikongoijo class 7 noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
ekisinziro class 7 noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Tupinambá

1 entries

pytá noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Turkish

1 entries

topuk noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Turkmen

2 entries

topuk noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
ökje noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Turoyo

1 entries

ܥܰܪܩܘܘܐ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Ukrainian

4 entries

каблу́к noun (part of shoe)
окра́єць noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
п'я́тка noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
п'ята́ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Upper Sorbian

3 entries

chlěbušk noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
krjeńčka noun (end-piece of a loaf of bread — see also butt)
pjata noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Urdu

2 entries

ایڑ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
ایڑی noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Uzbek

1 entries

tovon noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Venetan

2 entries

calcagno noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
taco noun (part of shoe)

Vietnamese

4 entries

gót noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
gót noun (part of shoe)
gót chân noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
gót giày noun (part of shoe)

Vilamovian

1 entries

faoś noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Volapük

3 entries

hil noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
hilot noun (part of shoe)
jukahilot noun (part of shoe)

Welsh

2 entries

sawdl noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
sawdl noun (part of shoe)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries

buli' betis noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

West-Frisian

2 entries

hakke noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
hakke noun (part of shoe)

White Hmong

1 entries

luj taws noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Yiddish

1 entries

פּיאַטע noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Yoruba

2 entries

gìgísẹ̀ noun (anatomy: part of the foot)
èyìnjìjà noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Zhuang

1 entries

giujdin noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Zulu

1 entries

isithende noun (anatomy: part of the foot)

Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

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The first baseman is the Achilles heel of our team.

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She got a run in her stocking when she broke the heel of her shoe.

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He raised his heel against me.

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If you walk a lot, you will develop calluses on your heel.

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