Nickel

/ˈnɪk.əl/

Synonyms for "nickel" (113 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Noun(3 words)

atomic number 28chemical elementcolor

aureate bar brass brassy brazen bronze bronzy buck bullioncc notec-note cartwheel cent centurycoin goldcoin silvercopper coppery cupreous

Strong matches (34)

cuprous dime dollardollar billferrous ferruginousfifty centsfin fishfive centsfive hundred dollarsfive-dollar billfive-hundred-dollar billfive-spot fiverfour bitsfrogskingg-note gilt

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goldgold filledgold nuggetgold-filled gold-plated golden grandhalf a chalf dollarhalf g

Noun(4 words)

elementfive cent coinfive cent piecegray

Related words (56)

half grandhundred-dollar billingot ironiron manironlike lead leaden mercurial mercurous mill nickelic nickeline nugget penny pewter pewteryprecious metalsquarter quicksilver

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red centsawbuck silversilver dollarsilver platedsilver-plated silvery skin smacker steel steelyten centsten-spot tennerthousand dollarsthousand-dollar billtin tinnytwenty-dollar billtwenty-five centstwo bitstwo-dollar billtwo-spot yardyellow stuff

Noun(11 words)

hue jitney metal metallic ninickel notenickelous shade silveryus coinus nickel

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More general

13 entries

appearancechemical elementcoin color currencyfive dollar billfive-spot fiver material metalmetallic elementplatevisual property

More specific

11 entries

dimemetallic graynickel alloynickel carbonatenickel oxidenickel platingnickel sulfidepenny quartersilver graysilver shade

Collocations

8 entries

nickel allergynickel alloynickel coinnickel colornickel finishnickel metalnickel oxidenickel plating

Inflections

1 entries

nickels

Derivations

8 entries

nickel coinnickel metalnickel oxidenickel-containing nickelate nickelic nickelization nickelous

Sample sentences

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Nickel is a hard, silver-white metal.

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A nickel is a five-cent coin.

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Then I'd take the nickel out.

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His ideas never fetched him a nickel.

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