Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

babyface face forward move move forward toe

Derived Terms

Achilles heel Achilles' heel Cuban heel French heel Louis heel Parliamentary heel Tar Heel at someone's heels back-heel backheel bootheel bring someone to heel bring to heel cool one's heels couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel cowheel dig in one's heels down at heel down at the heel down at the heels down in the heel down in the heels down-at-heel down-at-the-heel down-at-the-heels free-heel skiing head over heels headless over heels heel bar heel bone heel flip heel hook heel lift heel out heel over heel pad syndrome heel palm heel ring heel stick heel strike heel turn heel up heel-and-toe heel-dragger heel-face turn heel-palm heelball heelbone heeler heelflip heelful heelie heelies heelish heelless heelpath heelpiece heelplate heelpost heelprint heelproof heelside heelstrike heeltap heelwork high heel high heels high-heel his heels hot on somebody's heels hot on someone's heels iron heel kick one's heels kick up one's heels kitten heel lark's-heel larkheel lay by the heels midheel neck and heels out at heels out at the heels pencil heel reheel roundheels rubber heels shit heel shit-heel shitheel show a clean pair of heels sit back on one's heels skyscraper heel snap at someone's heels spike heel stiletto heel stripper heel take to one's heels to heel toe-and-heel turn on one's heel upon the heels of wedge heel well-heeled wire-heel

Derived From

hock

Distinct From

toe

Etymologically Related To

heeld hield hock

Context

american football anatomy architecture card games carpentry dance dancing firearms golf ireland professional wrestling slang specifically us workman slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

angle bottom bushel dance doctor end fix follow furbish up hit lean mend part portion repair restore scoundrel skeletal structure slant terminal tilt tip touch on travel along trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic toe underside undersurface villain

Type Of (IsA)

anatomical structure body part bottom end external anatomical part part skeletal structure solid object

Manner Of

dance follow hit repair

Part Of

boot foot golf club head loaf of bread shoe

Related Terms

angle of vanishing stability limit of positive stability

Related Terms

agreement animal ankle arm back back foot base bottom bottom shoe braggart bread bully bun cant card carding machine chase club cock compliance contemptible crust cylinder cyma reversa face far fight flat follow foot foot part frame gaff head headline high heeled incline inconsiderate kick knob leg loaf maasgouw master netherlands obtuse on foot order padding palm part patience post protuberance rafter rear shaft shoe sock sole solitaire stock stray submissive thoughtless tilt timber toe toe foot walking wrist

Similar Terms

lean list

Synonym Network

cad ender heeling list

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