Word Type

Proper Noun

Noun

Verb

The word "clay" can be used as proper noun, noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

soul

Capable Of

form sentimental ash tray

Derived Terms

Clay Banks Clay Center Clay County Clay Cross Clay Lake Clayton Draycott in the Clay Holton le Clay ball clay boulder clay brickclay china clay clay cake clay court clay courter clay eater clay pigeon clay pit clay shale clay slate clay tablet clay up clay-cold clay-colored thrush claybank claybed claycourt clayen clayey clayfield clayhead claying clayish claykicker clayless claylike claymation claypan claypit clayster claystone clayware claywork common clay feet of clay fiber clay fire clay iron clay light clay modeling clay modelling clay nanoclay nonclay organoclay paper clay pipeclay potter's clay salt clay underclay vitrified clay pipe wet one's clay yard of clay

Etymologically Related To

clag clog glue

Context

biblical firearms geology tennis

Has Property

hardened with fire heated to make hard wet dirt

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

body dead body dirt soil

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

kaolin kaoline

Type Of (IsA)

art supply clayish soil region ground inorganic soil region low plasticity soil region material sculptors use pastelike thing soil

Related Terms

alluvium

Related Terms

alluvium alumina artists artists medium ceramic clay county clay pigeon county seat crystal diameter ductile former material medium micron molding molding material particle pipe pottery pottery material sculpting sculpting medium sculpture sculpture former silica substance surface tennis court usa wentworth scale west virginia

Synonym Network

argil cadaver great compromiser lucius dubignon clay mud

Used For

make sculpture making bricks sculpting

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.