Metal

//ˈmɛ.təl//

Synonyms for "metal" (217 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (44)

Related words (108)

label lanthanum lead lead foil lion lithium lozenge lutetium magnesia magnesium manganese mantling marshaling martlet mascle mercury metal foil metal leaf metalleity metallic element

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Adjective(1 words)

metallic

Noun(2 words)

metallic element mettle

Related word relations

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

21 relation types

More general

5 entries

chemical element coat element mixture surface

More specific

7 entries

chemical element copper gold iron mercury noble metal silver

Antonyms

8 entries

mineral nonmetal plastic soft softness stone wood wooden

Synonyms

3 entries

alloy metallic metallic element

Related terms

3 entries

:Category:Metals heavy metal metalling

at location

6 entries

car instruments junkyard metal fabrication shop ore steel

capable of

4 entries

burns corroded element or alloy need polishing

coordinate

3 entries

color fur stain

created by

1 entries

smelting

derived

202 entries

Aich's metal Albion metal Babbitt metal Babbitt's metal Bath metal Britannia metal Celtic metal Christian metal Dutch metal Euro-metal Field's metal Kingston's metal Metal Bridge Muntz metal Prince Rupert's metal Rieke metal

Showing 16 of 202 words.

distinct from

4 entries

plastic rock tin wood

has context

8 entries

astronomy aviation heading mining music tincture travel uk

has property

5 entries

good for building harder than wood harder than wool heavy opaque

holonym

1 entries

alloy

is a

14 entries

conductor ductile electrical conductor forms of expression gleam hard substance heavier than water inanimate object inorganic substance music music style not food shiney tangible thing

manner of

1 entries

coat

not has_property

1 entries

organic

receives action

12 entries

awarded to winner bent cut forged formed found in house melted painted polished riveted tarnished used in construction

related to

336 entries

ale alloy alloys aluminium aluminium steel aluminum aluminum iron aluminum steel aluminum tin argent as iron atoms band big bang brass brass iron

Showing 16 of 336 words.

similar

17 entries

all-metal aluminiferous antimonial argentiferous auriferous bimetal bimetallic bronze gilded gold gold-bearing golden metal-looking metallic-looking metallike silver

Showing 16 of 17 words.

used for

17 entries

build rocket build things building many things casting machinery machining make make many things make musical instruments making car making chemical compounds making jewelry making office building making skyscraper making weapons melting

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Translations

215 translations across 124 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

аметалл noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Afrikaans

1 entries

metaal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Albanian

1 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

μέταλλον noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Arabic

4 entries

فِلِزّ noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
معدن noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
مَعْدِن noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
مِيتَال noun (certain category of rock music)

Armenian

2 entries

մետալ noun (certain category of rock music)
մետաղ noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Assamese

1 entries

ধাতু noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Asturian

1 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Avar

1 entries

металл noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (certain category of rock music)

Basque

1 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Belarusian

4 entries

мета́л noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
мета́л noun (certain category of rock music)
мэ́тал noun (certain category of rock music)
мэта́л noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Bengali

2 entries

ধাতু noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
মেটাল noun (certain category of rock music)

Bishnupriya Manipuri

1 entries

মেটাল noun (certain category of rock music)

Breton

1 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

basi noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Bulgarian

2 entries

ме́тъл noun (certain category of rock music)
мета́л noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Burmese

2 entries

မက်တယ်လ် noun (certain category of rock music)
သတ္တု noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Carpathian Rusyn

2 entries

ков noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
мета́л noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Catalan

2 entries

metal noun (certain category of rock music)
metall noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

مێتاڵ noun (certain category of rock music)

Chechen

1 entries

металл noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

金屬 /金属 noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
金屬 /金属 noun (certain category of rock music)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

金 noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
金屬 /金属 noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
金屬 /金属 noun (certain category of rock music)

Chukchi

1 entries

пыԓвынтын noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Czech

2 entries

kov noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (certain category of rock music)

Danish

2 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (certain category of rock music)

Dari

1 entries

فِلِز noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Dutch

2 entries

metaal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (certain category of rock music)

Eastern Bontoc

2 entries

komak noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
lanchok noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Esperanto

2 entries

metalo noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metalroko noun (certain category of rock music)

Estonian

2 entries

metal noun (certain category of rock music)
metall noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Ewe

1 entries

ga noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Faroese

3 entries

málmbland noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
málmur noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
skervur noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Finnish

4 entries

metal noun (certain category of rock music)
metalli noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metalli noun (certain category of rock music)
metallimusiikki noun (certain category of rock music)

French

2 entries

metal noun (certain category of rock music)
métal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Galician

1 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Georgian

3 entries

ლითონი noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
მეტალი noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
მეტალი noun (certain category of rock music)

German

2 entries

Metal noun (certain category of rock music)
Metall noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Greek

2 entries

μέταλ noun (certain category of rock music)
μέταλλο noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Gujarati

2 entries

ધાતુ noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
મેટલ noun (certain category of rock music)

Hebrew

2 entries

מֶטַאל noun (certain category of rock music)
מַתֶּכֶת noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Hindi

2 entries

धात noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
धातु noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Hungarian

3 entries

fém noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (certain category of rock music)
érc noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Icelandic

2 entries

málmur noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
málmur noun (certain category of rock music)

Ido

1 entries

metalo noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Ilocano

1 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Indonesian

1 entries

logam noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Interlingua

1 entries

metallo noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

فِلِز noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
مِتال noun (certain category of rock music)

Irish

2 entries

miotal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
miotal noun (certain category of rock music)

Italian

2 entries

metal noun (certain category of rock music)
metallo noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Japanese

3 entries

メタル noun (certain category of rock music)
金 noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
金属 noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Kalmyk

1 entries

төмрлг noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Kannada

1 entries

ಮೆಟಲ್ noun (certain category of rock music)

Kazakh

1 entries

металл noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Khmer

1 entries

លោហៈ noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Korean

2 entries

금속 noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
메탈 noun (certain category of rock music)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

металл noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Lao

2 entries

ໂລຫະ noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
ໂລຫະ noun (certain category of rock music)

Latin

2 entries

metallum noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metallum noun (certain category of rock music)

Latvian

2 entries

metāls noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metāls noun (certain category of rock music)

Lithuanian

2 entries

metalas noun (certain category of rock music)
metãlas noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Macedonian

2 entries

метал noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
метал noun (certain category of rock music)

Malagasy

1 entries

metaly noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Malay

1 entries

logam noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Malayalam

2 entries

മെറ്റൽ noun (certain category of rock music)
ലോഹം noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Marathi

2 entries

धातू noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
मेटल noun (certain category of rock music)

Middle English

1 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Middle Irish

1 entries

mital noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Mingrelian

1 entries

მეტალი noun (certain category of rock music)

Mongolian

2 entries

металл noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
ᠮᠧᠲ᠋ᠠᠯ noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Māori

2 entries

maitai noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
mētara noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Navajo

1 entries

béésh noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Nepali

2 entries

धातु noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
धातु noun (certain category of rock music)

Newar

1 entries

मेटल noun (certain category of rock music)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

kanza noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

metal noun (certain category of rock music)
metall noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

metall noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Occitan

1 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Ossetian

2 entries

згъӕр noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
металл noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

معدن noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Pali

1 entries

loha noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Pashto

2 entries

زر noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
فلز noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Mettol noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Polish

2 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (certain category of rock music)

Portuguese

2 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (certain category of rock music)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਮੈਟਲ noun (certain category of rock music)

Quechua

2 entries

chuqi noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
q'illay noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Romanian

2 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (certain category of rock music)

Russian

4 entries

круше́ц noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
ме́тал noun (certain category of rock music)
мета́лл noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
мета́лл noun (certain category of rock music)

Sanskrit

3 entries

अयस् noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
धातु noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
लोह noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

meatailt noun (certain category of rock music)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kȍvina noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
mètāl noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
mètāl noun (certain category of rock music)
ко̏вина noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Sikkimese

1 entries

ལྕགས་རིགས noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Slovak

2 entries

kov noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (certain category of rock music)

Slovene

2 entries

kovina noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (certain category of rock music)

Southern Altai

2 entries

металл noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
темир noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Southern Kalinga

1 entries

aka noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Spanish

2 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (certain category of rock music)

Swahili

1 entries

metali noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Swedish

2 entries

metal noun (certain category of rock music)
metall noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Tagalog

3 entries

bakal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
kansa noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Tajik

2 entries

металл noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
фулуз noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Tamil

2 entries

உலோகம் noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
மாழை noun (certain category of rock music)

Telugu

1 entries

లోహము noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Thai

2 entries

เมทัล noun (certain category of rock music)
โลหะ noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Tibetan

1 entries

ལྕགས་རིགས noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Tupinambá

1 entries

itá noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Turkish

2 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
metal noun (certain category of rock music)

Turkmen

1 entries

metal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Tuvan

1 entries

демир noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Tuwali Ifugao

2 entries

gum'ok noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
landuk noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Ukrainian

3 entries

ме́тал noun (certain category of rock music)
мета́л noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
мета́л noun (certain category of rock music)

Urdu

1 entries

دھات noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Uyghur

1 entries

مېتال noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Uzbek

3 entries

metal noun (certain category of rock music)
metall noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
temir noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Veps

1 entries

metall noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Vietnamese

1 entries

kim loại noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Welsh

1 entries

metel noun (certain category of rock music)

West-Frisian

1 entries

metaal noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

White Hmong

1 entries

hlau noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Yiddish

2 entries

מעטאַל noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
מעטאַל noun (certain category of rock music)

Zhuang

1 entries

gimsug noun (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Metal contracts when cooled.

Source: tatoeba (18498)

The acid burned the metal.

Source: tatoeba (18499)

Gold is more precious than any other metal.

Source: tatoeba (18601)

Hey, rust is eating away the metal.

Source: tatoeba (33138)

Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.

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Metal

Synonyms for "metal" (217 found)

Closest matches (44)

Strong matches (65)

Related words (108)

Related word relations

More general

More specific

Antonyms

Synonyms

Related terms

at location

capable of

coordinate

created by

derived

distinct from

has context

has property

holonym

is a

manner of

not has_property

receives action

related to

similar

used for

Translations

Abkhaz

Afrikaans

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Assamese

Asturian

Avar

Azerbaijani

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bishnupriya Manipuri

Breton

Brunei Malay

Bulgarian

Burmese

Carpathian Rusyn

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chechen

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Chukchi

Czech

Danish

Dari

Dutch

Eastern Bontoc

Esperanto

Estonian

Ewe

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Ilocano

Indonesian

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian