The exit flow rate is proportional to the pressure difference around the exit valve.
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Valve
/ˈvælv/
Synonyms for "valve" (78 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: accelerator, aerophone, auto, automobile, ball cock.
- Sentence evidence is available for valve, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from derived_reverse, moby, opengloss.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "valve".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "valve"
Keep "valve" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "valve" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "valve", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "valve" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
13 entriesairflow controlanatomical structurebodily structurebody structurecardiovascular structurecomplex body partcontrolcontrollerdeviceflow control devicemechanical deviceshellstructure
More specific
12 entriesaortic valveball valvebutterfly valvecheck valveglobe valvehorn valvemitral valvepulmonary valvetricuspid valvetrombone valvetrumpet valvetuba valve
Collocations
6 entriesball valvecheck valvepressure relief valvevalve handlevalve stemwater valve
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
101 translations across 68 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- ventiel noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Albanian
1 entries- kllapë noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Arabic
3 entries- بلف noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- صِمَام noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- محبس noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Armenian
2 entries- կափույր noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- փական noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Asturian
1 entries- válvula noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- klapan noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- valf noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Basque
1 entries- balbula noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Belarusian
3 entries- ве́нтыль noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- вэнты́ль noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- кла́пан noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Bengali
1 entries- কপাটক noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Bulgarian
2 entries- венти́л noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- кла́пан noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Catalan
1 entries- vàlvula noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Central Melanau
1 entries- nganga noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 閥門 /阀门 noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 閥門 /阀门 noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Czech
1 entries- ventil noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Danish
1 entries- ventil noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Dutch
1 entries- ventiel noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Esperanto
1 entries- valvo noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Estonian
2 entries- klapp noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- ventiil noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Finnish
1 entries- venttiili noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
French
2 entries- clapet noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- soupape noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Galician
1 entries- válvula noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Georgian
1 entries- სარქველი noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
German
4 entries- Armatur noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- Hahn noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- Schieber noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- Ventil noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Greek
1 entries- βαλβίδα noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Hebrew
1 entries- שַׁסְתּוֹם noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Hindi
1 entries- वाल्व noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Hungarian
1 entries- szelep noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Icelandic
1 entries- ventill noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Ido
1 entries- valvo noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Indonesian
4 entries- injap noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- katup noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- klep noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- pentil noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- شیر noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Italian
1 entries- valvola noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Japanese
1 entries- バルブ noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Kazakh
1 entries- клапан noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Khmer
1 entries- សន្ទះបិទបើក noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Korean
1 entries- 밸브 noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- клапан noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Latvian
2 entries- krāns noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- ventilis noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sklendė noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Macedonian
1 entries- вентил noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Malay
1 entries- injap noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Norman
1 entries- cliavette noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- derîçe noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ventil noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ventil noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Polish
2 entries- wentyl noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- zawór noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Portuguese
1 entries- válvula noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Romanian
1 entries- ventil noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Russian
4 entries- ве́нтиль noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- задви́жка noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- засло́нка noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- кла́пан noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cìochag noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- pìob-chòmhla noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- vèntīl noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- вѐнтӣл noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Sinhalese
1 entries- වෑල්ව noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Slovak
2 entries- chlopňa noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- ventil noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Slovene
1 entries- ventil noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Spanish
3 entries- grifón noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- llave noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- válvula noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Swahili
1 entries- valvu noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Swedish
1 entries- ventil noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Tagalog
2 entries- balbula noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- tudlang noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Telugu
1 entries- కవాటము noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Thai
2 entries- ลิ้น noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- วาล์ว noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Tibetan
2 entries- གཅུས་འགོག noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- ཕུ་འགྲོ noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Turkish
4 entries- sibop noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- supap noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- valf noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- vana noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ве́нтиль noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
- кла́пан noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Urdu
1 entries- والْو noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Uzbek
1 entries- klapan noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Vietnamese
1 entries- van noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Welsh
1 entries- falf noun (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
In an unusual move, this school's big band uses slide trumpets and valve trombones exclusively.
Source: tatoeba (814495)
He was born with an incompletely formed heart valve.
Source: tatoeba (831889)
Try to check the flow of water by turning the valve.
Source: tatoeba (965235)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "valve"?
Closest matches include accelerator, aerophone, auto, automobile, ball cock.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "valve"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.