Lock

//lɒk//

Synonyms for "lock" (292 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (59)

engage interlock lock in aboideau accord agree air lock answer answer to articulate assent assort with authority bang bar barricade barrier batten batten down be consistent

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Verb(3 words)

interlace betwine braid

Adverb(4 words)

absolutely all ends up altogether categorically

Noun(1 words)

all the marbles

Related words (146)

impound imprison incarcerate intersect jam jibe join joint keep out keep track of key lacing latch lock gate lock out lock up match miter mortise nail

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Verb(18 words)

interlock interthread intertwine intertwist interweave lace lock away lock in lock up mesh operate put away raddle ruddle shut away shut up twine twist

Noun(14 words)

kit and caboodle lock chamber lock, stock and barrel the whole bang shoot the whole nine yards whole ball of wax whole enchilada whole hog whole package whole shebang whole shitting match whole shooting match whole smash works

Adverb(9 words)

lock, stock and barrel nothing but outright positively properly purely quite root and branch whole

Related word relations

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

18 relation types

More general

32 entries

bosom build confine constraint construct displace embrace enclosure engage fasten fastener fastening fix fixing hair hold

Showing 16 of 32 words.

More specific

34 entries

Windsor Locks airlock ankle lock caplock caps lock capslock child lock core lock deadlock dial lock doglock double shoulder lock flash lock flat lock flintlock gridlock

Showing 16 of 34 words.

Antonyms

2 entries

unlock

Synonyms

3 entries

engage interlock lock in

Related terms

1 entries

Locks Heath

at location

8 entries

car door door doorknob entrance front door gate locker locker room

capable of

2 entries

open opened using lockpick

created by

1 entries

locksmith

derived

231 entries

Bramah lock D lock Enfield Lock Janus-faced lock Lock Haven Lockport Locktober Lockwood O-lock air lock alcolock anklelock anti-lock antilock armlock belock

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

laik lake

has context

5 entries

break dancing computing gun mechanisms internet rugby

has prerequisite

1 entries

key to opened

is a

12 entries

anti theft device enclosure fastener fixed freestanding structure hair infrastructure product mechanical device mechanism restraint security device transport facility wrestling hold

made of

1 entries

metal

manner of

6 entries

construct engage fasten hold overwhelm pass

part of

8 entries

canal door drawer firearm gate hairdo ignition switch lid

related to

67 entries

canal closed closed doors closure combination container control device door door handle door latch doors dovetail drawer egress fasten

Showing 16 of 67 words.

used for

23 entries

close controlling access controlling whether door opened fasten keep cloesd keep door closed keeping items secure keeping others out keeping people out of preventing from getting stolen privacy protecting protecting property protecting valuables protection provide security

Showing 16 of 23 words.

Translations

526 translations across 130 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

ацаԥха noun (something used for fastening)

Afrikaans

4 entries

lok noun (length of hair)
slot noun (something used for fastening)
slot noun (a player in the second row of the scrum in Rugby)
sluis noun (segment of a canal)

Albanian

3 entries

kyç noun (something used for fastening)
lidh verb (to become fastened in place)
mbërthe verb (to become fastened in place)

Arabic

4 entries

ذُؤَابَة noun (length of hair)
زَرفيل noun (something used for fastening)
قُفُل noun (something used for fastening)
قُفْل noun (something used for fastening)

Armenian

2 entries

կողպեք noun (something used for fastening)
կողպել verb (to fasten with a lock)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries

ܥܲܪܩܵܐ noun (length of hair)
ܩܘܼܦܠܵܐ noun (something used for fastening)
ܕܵܒ݂ܹܪ verb (to become fastened in place)
ܕܵܒ݂ܹܪ verb (to fasten with a lock)

Asturian

2 entries

peslleru noun (something used for fastening)
pesllar verb (to fasten with a lock)

Avar

1 entries

kӏулал noun (something used for fastening)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

qıfıl noun (something used for fastening)
kilidləmək verb (to fasten with a lock)
qıfıllamaq verb (to fasten with a lock)

Bashkir

4 entries

бөҙрә noun (length of hair)
йоҙаҡ noun (something used for fastening)
бикләү verb (to fasten with a lock)
биктәү verb (to fasten with a lock)

Basque

1 entries

sarraila noun (something used for fastening)

Belarusian

4 entries

замо́к noun (something used for fastening)
замкну́ць verb (to fasten with a lock)
замыка́ць verb (to fasten with a lock)
запе́рці verb (to fasten with a lock)

Bengali

1 entries

তালা noun (something used for fastening)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бра́ва noun (something used for fastening)
затво́р noun (firing mechanism of a gun)
кичур noun (length of hair)
ключа́лка noun (something used for fastening)

Burmese

3 entries

ဆံခွေ noun (length of hair)
သော့ noun (something used for fastening)
သော့ခတ် verb (to fasten with a lock)

Catalan

4 entries

ble noun (length of hair)
cadenat noun (something used for fastening)
floc noun (length of hair)
resclosa noun (segment of a canal)

Chakma

1 entries

𑄖𑄣 noun (something used for fastening)

Chinese

1 entries

суәзы noun (something used for fastening)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

鎖 /锁 noun (something used for fastening)
鎖 /锁 verb (to fasten with a lock)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

保險栓 /保险栓 noun (firing mechanism of a gun)
槍機 /枪机 noun (firing mechanism of a gun)
綹 /绺 noun (length of hair)
船閘 /船闸 noun (segment of a canal)

Czech

4 entries

druhořadník noun (a player in the second row of the scrum in Rugby)
hráč druhé řady noun (a player in the second row of the scrum in Rugby)
kadeř noun (length of hair)
lokna noun (length of hair)

Dalmatian

1 entries

pescatoira noun (something used for fastening)

Danish

3 entries

lok noun (length of hair)
lås noun (something used for fastening)
låse verb (to fasten with a lock)

Dari

1 entries

قُفْل noun (something used for fastening)

Dutch

4 entries

haan noun (firing mechanism of a gun)
lok noun (length of hair)
slot noun (something used for fastening)
sluis noun (segment of a canal)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

锁 noun (something used for fastening)

Egyptian

1 entries

i-A-r:D3 noun (length of hair)

Esperanto

4 entries

buklo noun (length of hair)
fermilo noun (something used for fastening)
kluzo noun (segment of a canal)
seruro noun (something used for fastening)

Estonian

2 entries

lukk noun (something used for fastening)
lukustama verb (to fasten with a lock)

Finnish

4 entries

kiehkura noun (length of hair)
lukko noun (something used for fastening)
lukko noun (a mutex or other token)
lukko noun (firing mechanism of a gun)

French

4 entries

cadenas noun (something used for fastening)
mèche noun (length of hair)
sas noun (segment of a canal)
serrure noun (something used for fastening)

Galician

4 entries

bucre noun (length of hair)
carrapizo noun (length of hair)
cerradura noun (something used for fastening)
crecha noun (length of hair)

Georgian

2 entries

კლიტე noun (something used for fastening)
საკეტი noun (something used for fastening)

German

4 entries

Lock noun (a mutex or other token)
Locke noun (length of hair)
Schiffshebewerk noun (segment of a canal)
Schleuse noun (segment of a canal)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 verb (to fasten with a lock)

Greek

4 entries

κλειδαριά noun (something used for fastening)
μπούκλα noun (length of hair)
υδατοφράκτης noun (segment of a canal)
κλειδώνω verb (to fasten with a lock)

Gujarati

1 entries

તાળું noun (something used for fastening)

Hebrew

4 entries

מִסְכוֹר noun (segment of a canal)
מַנְעוּל noun (something used for fastening)
תָּא סָכוּר noun (segment of a canal)
תָּא שַׁיִט noun (segment of a canal)

Hindi

2 entries

ताला noun (something used for fastening)
ताला लगाना verb (to fasten with a lock)

Hungarian

4 entries

fürt noun (length of hair)
hajfürt noun (length of hair)
hajózsilip noun (segment of a canal)
lakat noun (something used for fastening)

Hunsrik

1 entries

schliese verb (to fasten with a lock)

Icelandic

3 entries

lokkur noun (length of hair)
lás noun (something used for fastening)
læsa verb (to fasten with a lock)

Ido

3 entries

loklo noun (length of hair)
seruro noun (something used for fastening)
klefagar verb (to fasten with a lock)

Indonesian

2 entries

kunci noun (something used for fastening)
pintu air noun (segment of a canal)

Ingrian

1 entries

leve noun (length of hair)

Ingush

1 entries

чӏега noun (something used for fastening)

Interlingua

1 entries

serratura noun (something used for fastening)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

قُفْل noun (something used for fastening)

Irish

4 entries

ciabhóg noun (length of hair)
dlaoi ghruaige noun (length of hair)
dlaíóg ghruaige noun (length of hair)
duailín gruaige noun (length of hair)

Italian

4 entries

chiavistello noun (something used for fastening)
chiusa noun (segment of a canal)
ciocca noun (length of hair)
ciuffo noun (length of hair)

Japanese

4 entries

巻き毛 noun (length of hair)
水門 noun (segment of a canal)
水門閘門 noun (segment of a canal)
釘 noun (something used for fastening)

Jarai

1 entries

khuă verb (to fasten with a lock)

Kapampangan

3 entries

kandaru noun (something used for fastening)
kunsi noun (something used for fastening)
seradura noun (something used for fastening)

Kazakh

2 entries

бекіткіш noun (something used for fastening)
құлып noun (something used for fastening)

Khmer

3 entries

ផ្នត់សក់ noun (length of hair)
សោ noun (something used for fastening)
ចាក់សោ verb (to fasten with a lock)

Korean

3 entries

자물쇠 noun (something used for fastening)
타래 noun (length of hair)
잠그다 verb (to fasten with a lock)

Kumyk

4 entries

беклик noun (something used for fastening)
дворец noun (something used for fastening)
замок noun (something used for fastening)
къала noun (something used for fastening)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

кулпу noun (something used for fastening)

Lao

1 entries

ແມ່ກະແຈ noun (something used for fastening)

Latin

4 entries

claustra noun (something used for fastening)
clausūra noun (something used for fastening)
crīnis noun (length of hair)
claudor verb (to become fastened in place)

Latvian

3 entries

atslēga noun (something used for fastening)
slēdzene noun (something used for fastening)
aizslēgt verb (to fasten with a lock)

Lithuanian

2 entries

užraktas noun (something used for fastening)
užrakinti verb (to fasten with a lock)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

kuźera noun (length of hair)
zamk noun (something used for fastening)

Luxembourgish

3 entries

Klauschter noun (something used for fastening)
Schlass noun (something used for fastening)
Schleis noun (segment of a canal)

Macedonian

4 entries

брава noun (something used for fastening)
за́творач noun (firing mechanism of a gun)
катанец noun (something used for fastening)
прамен noun (length of hair)

Malay

2 entries

ibu kunci noun (something used for fastening)
pintu air noun (segment of a canal)

Marathi

1 entries

कुलूप noun (something used for fastening)

Mongolian

4 entries

оньс noun (something used for fastening)
түгжээ noun (something used for fastening)
цоож noun (something used for fastening)
ᠣᠨᠢᠰᠤ noun (something used for fastening)

Māori

4 entries

hukahuka noun (length of hair)
iho noun (length of hair)
kaio noun (length of hair)
kaiwhītiki noun (a player in the second row of the scrum in Rugby)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

itasa noun (something used for fastening)

North Frisian

1 entries

Slot noun (something used for fastening)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

qilf noun (something used for fastening)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᨾᩯ᩵ᨠᩕᨧᩯ noun (something used for fastening)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

lås noun (something used for fastening)
låse verb (to fasten with a lock)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

lås noun (something used for fastening)
låsa verb (to fasten with a lock)

Occitan

1 entries

verrolh noun (something used for fastening)

Odia

1 entries

ତାଲା noun (something used for fastening)

Ojibwe

1 entries

gashkaabika'igan noun (something used for fastening)

Old English

2 entries

loc noun (something used for fastening)
lūcan verb (to fasten with a lock)

Old Norse

1 entries

láss noun (something used for fastening)

Oromo

1 entries

qollofuu verb (to fasten with a lock)

Ossetian

2 entries

гуыдыр noun (something used for fastening)
стыг noun (length of hair)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

كلید noun (something used for fastening)
مغلاق noun (something used for fastening)
كلیدلمك verb (to fasten with a lock)

Pazeh

1 entries

sausu noun (something used for fastening)

Persian

1 entries

قفل کردن verb (to fasten with a lock)

Piedmontese

1 entries

saradura noun (something used for fastening)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Schlott noun (something used for fastening)

Polish

4 entries

kędzior noun (length of hair)
zamek noun (something used for fastening)
zamek noun (firing mechanism of a gun)
śluza noun (segment of a canal)

Portuguese

4 entries

cacho noun (length of hair)
cadeado noun (something used for fastening)
eclusa noun (segment of a canal)
fechadura noun (something used for fastening)

Romanian

4 entries

broască noun (something used for fastening)
buclă noun (length of hair)
clanță noun (something used for fastening)
lacăt noun (something used for fastening)

Russian

4 entries

блокиро́вка noun (a mutex or other token)
замо́к noun (something used for fastening)
замо́к noun (firing mechanism of a gun)
запо́р noun (something used for fastening)

Salar

2 entries

beklegüsi verb (to fasten with a lock)
beklengüsi verb (to become fastened in place)

Scots

1 entries

lock noun (something used for fastening)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

glas noun (something used for fastening)
glais verb (to fasten with a lock)
glas verb (to fasten with a lock)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bràva noun (something used for fastening)
kàtanac noun (something used for fastening)
бра̀ва noun (something used for fastening)
ка̀танац noun (something used for fastening)

Sindhi

1 entries

تالو noun (something used for fastening)

Slovak

4 entries

kader noun (length of hair)
plavebná komora noun (segment of a canal)
vzdúvadlo noun (segment of a canal)
zámok noun (something used for fastening)

Slovene

2 entries

ključavnica noun (something used for fastening)
zakleniti verb (to fasten with a lock)

Southern Altai

3 entries

сомок noun (something used for fastening)
бектеер verb (to fasten with a lock)
бӧктӧӧр verb (to fasten with a lock)

Spanish

4 entries

bucle noun (length of hair)
cadejo noun (length of hair)
candado noun (something used for fastening)
cerradura noun (something used for fastening)

Swahili

1 entries

kufuli noun (something used for fastening)

Swedish

4 entries

lock noun (length of hair)
lås noun (something used for fastening)
lås noun (firing mechanism of a gun)
sluss noun (segment of a canal)

Tagalog

1 entries

kandado noun (something used for fastening)

Tahitian

1 entries

pōnao noun (something used for fastening)

Tai Dam

1 entries

ꪄꪫ꪿ꪱ noun (something used for fastening)

Tajik

2 entries

қулф noun (something used for fastening)
қуфл noun (something used for fastening)

Tamil

4 entries

குலை noun (length of hair)
கொத்து noun (length of hair)
சுருள் noun (length of hair)
பூட்டு noun (something used for fastening)

Tarifit

1 entries

tišfart noun (something used for fastening)

Tatar

2 entries

бик noun (something used for fastening)
йозак noun (something used for fastening)

Telugu

2 entries

కురులు noun (length of hair)
తాళము noun (something used for fastening)

Thai

4 entries

กุญแจ noun (something used for fastening)
ประแจ noun (something used for fastening)
ปอย noun (length of hair)
ล็อก noun (something used for fastening)

Tibetan

2 entries

སྒོ་ལྕགས noun (something used for fastening)
སྒོ་ལྕགས་བརྒྱབ verb (to fasten with a lock)

Tocharian B

1 entries

letse noun (length of hair)

Turkish

4 entries

kilit noun (something used for fastening)
kilit noun (a mutex or other token)
sümbül noun (length of hair)
zülüf noun (length of hair)

Turkmen

4 entries

gulp noun (something used for fastening)
beklemek verb (to fasten with a lock)
beklenmek verb (to become fastened in place)
gulplamak verb (to fasten with a lock)

Tuvan

2 entries

дээк noun (something used for fastening)
шооча noun (something used for fastening)

Ukrainian

4 entries

замо́к noun (something used for fastening)
замика́ти verb (to fasten with a lock)
замкну́ти verb (to fasten with a lock)
запе́рти verb (to fasten with a lock)

Unami

1 entries

këpakhwikàn noun (something used for fastening)

Urdu

1 entries

تالا noun (something used for fastening)

Uyghur

1 entries

قۇلۇپ noun (something used for fastening)

Uzbek

1 entries

qulf noun (something used for fastening)

Vietnamese

3 entries

khóa noun (something used for fastening)
ổ khóa noun (something used for fastening)
khoá verb (to fasten with a lock)

Volapük

2 entries

klut noun (segment of a canal)
lök noun (something used for fastening)

Walloon

1 entries

lotchet noun (length of hair)

Welsh

4 entries

clo noun (something used for fastening)
clo noun (firing mechanism of a gun)
clo noun (a player in the second row of the scrum in Rugby)
cudyn noun (length of hair)

White Hmong

1 entries

ntsuas phoo noun (something used for fastening)

Yiddish

3 entries

שלאָס noun (something used for fastening)
פֿאַרשפּאַרן verb (to fasten with a lock)
שליסן verb (to fasten with a lock)

Yup'ik

1 entries

kelucaq noun (something used for fastening)

Zazaki

4 entries

merfeze noun (complete control)
qefıl noun (something used for fastening)
qesa noun (a mutex or other token)
qesa noun (firing mechanism of a gun)

Zhuang

2 entries

daep noun (something used for fastening)
suj noun (something used for fastening)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They forgot to lock the door.

Source: tatoeba (6050)

Lock the safe.

Source: tatoeba (18546)

The lock on my drawer had been tampered with and some of my papers were missing.

Source: tatoeba (27150)

I forgot to lock the drawer.

Source: tatoeba (27151)

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Lock

Synonyms for "lock" (292 found)

Closest matches (59)

Strong matches (87)

Related words (146)

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Antonyms

Synonyms

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at location

capable of

created by

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etymologically related_to

has context

has prerequisite

is a

made of

manner of

part of

related to

used for

Translations

Abkhaz

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Armenian

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Asturian

Avar

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Chakma

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Dalmatian

Danish

Dari

Dutch

Eastern Min Chinese

Egyptian

Esperanto

Estonian

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Gothic

Greek

Gujarati

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Hunsrik

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Ingush

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Jarai

Kapampangan

Kazakh

Khmer