Pliers

Synonyms for "pliers" (14 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

pincers buffer corkscrew

Strong matches (4)

crowbar instrument lathe pair of pincers

Related words (7)

Noun(2 words)

pair of pliers plyers

pipette press pump siphon tool

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

2 entries

compound lever hand tool

Related terms

1 entries

pincers

at location

5 entries

box cabinet house mail store

derived

14 entries

adjustable pliers combination pliers crimping pliers diagonal pliers groove-joint pliers lineman's pliers multigrip pliers needlenose pliers needlenosed pliers pair of pliers plench tongue-and-groove pliers water pump pliers water pumpe pliers

derived from

1 entries

ply

etymologically related_to

1 entries

form of

1 entries

plier

is a

3 entries

compound lever hand tool tool

related to

32 entries

bend dentists for gripping grasping grasping tool grip gripping gripping tool hand like like scissors multiplies needle needle nose nipping nipping tool

Showing 16 of 32 words.

Translations

120 translations across 73 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

pincë noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Arabic

4 entries

بنز noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
بنسة noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
زَرَّادِيَّة noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
زَرَّادِيَّة noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Armenian

1 entries

տափակաշուրթ noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Bashkir

2 entries

ҡыпсыуыр noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
ҡыпһыуыр noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Belarusian

2 entries

абцугі́ noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
шчыпцы́ noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Bulgarian

2 entries

кле́щи noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
пло́ски кле́щи noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Catalan

1 entries

alicates noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Cebuano

2 entries

alikate noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
playis noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Chechen

1 entries

морзах noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

鉗 /钳 noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
鉗子 /钳子 noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Czech

1 entries

kleště noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Danish

1 entries

tang noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Dutch

1 entries

tang noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Esperanto

1 entries

pinĉilo noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Estonian

3 entries

näpitsad (nippers, pinchers) noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
pihid noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
tangid noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Finnish

2 entries

pihdit noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
tongit noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

French

2 entries

pince noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
pinces noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Georgian

1 entries

ბრტყელტუჩა noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

German

2 entries

Kneifzange noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
Zange noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Greek

1 entries

πένσα noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Hebrew

1 entries

מֶלְקַחַת noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Hungarian

1 entries

fogó noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Ido

2 entries

pinco noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
tenalio noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Indonesian

1 entries

tang noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Ingrian

2 entries

pihet noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
pihtelet noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Irish

1 entries

teanchair noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Italian

2 entries

pinza noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
pinze noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Japanese

2 entries

プライヤー noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
ペンチ noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Kazakh

2 entries

атауыз noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
қысқыш noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Khalaj

1 entries

ambur noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Korean

2 entries

펜치 noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
플라이어 noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

аттиш noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Latvian

1 entries

knaibles noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Lithuanian

2 entries

replės noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
žnyplės noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

klěšće noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Macedonian

1 entries

клешти noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Malay

1 entries

tang noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Malayalam

1 entries

ചവണ noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Maltese

1 entries

tnalja noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Māori

1 entries

kūmau noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

tang noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

tong noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Occitan

3 entries

mordassas noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
pinça noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
pinças noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

قارغه بورون noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
قیصاج noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Persian

3 entries

انبر noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
انبردست noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
انبرک noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Pleia noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Polish

4 entries

cążki noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
cęgi noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
kleszcze noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
kombinerki noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Portuguese

1 entries

alicate noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Romanian

1 entries

clește noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Russian

4 entries

кле́щи noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
куса́чки noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
пассати́жи noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
плоскогу́бцы noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

greimire noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

klijéšte noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
kléšte noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
кле́ште noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
клије́ште noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Slovak

1 entries

kliešte noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Slovene

1 entries

klešče noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Spanish

2 entries

alicate noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
alicates noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

tanga noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Swedish

1 entries

tång noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Tagalog

4 entries

alikate noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
bokay-pato noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
bokaypato noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
plais noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Tai Dam

1 entries

ꪁꪲꪣ noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Tajik

1 entries

анбӯр noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Tamil

1 entries

இடுக்கி noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Tarifit

1 entries

tiɣendin noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Tatar

1 entries

үрдәкборын noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Thai

1 entries

คีม noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

plais noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Turkish

2 entries

kargaburun noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
pense noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Ukrainian

3 entries

клі́щі noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
плоскогу́бці noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
щи́пці noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Uzbek

2 entries

ombur noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
qisqich noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Venetan

1 entries

pensa noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Vietnamese

3 entries

cái kìm noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
kìm noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)
kềm noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Welsh

1 entries

gefel blygu noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

West-Frisian

1 entries

tange noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Yiddish

1 entries

קנײַפּער noun (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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That pair of pliers came in handy.

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Put the pliers in the tool box.

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How many pairs of pliers do you have?

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I've got pliers in my car.

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