Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "elbow" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

knee

Derived Terms

Elbow Cay Elbow Lake Elbowgate all-elbows at one's elbow at the elbow bend one's elbow bump elbows collar and elbow crook one's elbow elbow and collar elbow bone elbow bump elbow chair elbow dip elbow grease elbow juice elbow macaroni elbow mentality elbow pit elbow plant elbow relation elbow rim elbow room elbow scissors elbow shake elbow sleeve elbow tap elbow to elbow elbow-chair elbow-deep elbowedness elbower elbowful elbowless elbowlike elbowroom elbowy get the elbow give the elbow golfer's elbow hairy elbow syndrome know one's arse from one's elbow know one's ass from one's elbow know the difference between one's ass and one's elbow miner's elbow more grease to your elbow more power to your elbow out at elbow out-at-elbow rub elbows shake one's elbow sharp-elbowed street elbow tennis elbow

Derived From

bow ell

Context

anatomy basketball early 20th century us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

articulatio articulation bend cloth covering curve ginglymoid joint ginglymus hinge joint joint jostle nudge pipage pipe piping poke at prod shove

Type Of (IsA)

anatomical structure bend cloth covering external anatomical part hinge joint joint pipe

Manner Of

jostle nudge

Part Of

arm foreleg sleeve

Related Terms

arm arm joint arm part articulation basketball court bend bendable body body part bone crazy crazy bone detective forearm free throw lane free throw line hit in arm joint jostle knee middle middle arm nearby nearby arm nudge part point push upper arm

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