Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Proper Noun

Adjective

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

dull material nonmagnetic nonmagnetic material wrinkle

Typical Location

chemistry lab golf bag golf club bag house ironing cupboard kitchen laundry laundry room linen closet ore

Capable Of

cause nasty burns gain magnetic field press clothes press pants press shirt rust

Coordinate Terms

clothes press mangle mangle

Defined As

key component of haemoglobin

Derived Terms

Iron Acton Iron Age Iron County Iron Cross Iron Curtain Iron Dome Iron Duke Iron Gates Iron Guard Iron Lady Iron Mike Iron Pot Creek Iron Range Iron Springs Ironbottom Sound Ironbridge Ironside Ironsides Ironton Ironville balling-iron beak-iron beck-iron bick-iron bog iron ore boom-iron brand-iron cast-iron cast-iron stomach chromate of iron chrome iron ore clothing-iron copper-iron cramp-iron faggot iron fagot iron flat iron steak gal-iron gamma-iron green iron ore hack-iron hard as iron have too many irons in the fire hot iron test in iron in irons iron alum iron bacterium iron band iron bird iron bloom iron blue iron bomb iron brew iron bridge iron buff iron butterfly iron cage iron cap iron carbide iron cement iron chink iron chloride iron clay iron cloth iron condor iron cross iron curtain iron deficiency iron eagle iron fall iron filings iron fist iron flint iron foundry iron game iron gang iron glance iron grass iron gray iron grey iron group iron gum iron gum tree iron hand iron handed iron handedly iron handedness iron harvest iron hat iron heater iron heel iron hoof iron horse iron horse iron house iron hydroxide iron iodide iron jubilee iron lady iron law iron liquor iron loss iron lung iron maid iron maiden iron man iron mask iron meteorite iron mike iron mine iron mining iron mold iron monticellite iron mould iron mountain iron oak iron ore iron out iron oxide iron pan iron paper iron period iron phosphate iron play iron player iron protoxide iron pyrite iron pyrites iron ration iron rice bowl iron ring iron road iron saffron iron salt iron sand iron saw iron scale iron shrub iron sleep iron slumber iron smelting iron sponge iron stain iron stand iron strap iron sulfate iron sulfide iron sulphate iron sulphide iron triad iron triangle iron tribromide iron trichloride iron tungstate iron virgin iron vitriol iron walls iron wedding iron yellow iron(III) chloride iron(III) oxide iron-bind iron-binding iron-blue iron-blue fly iron-cased iron-clad iron-deficient iron-faced iron-fisted iron-founder iron-free iron-gall ink iron-gray iron-grey iron-handed iron-handedly iron-handedness iron-hard iron-headed iron-hearted iron-heartedness iron-maker iron-making iron-manganese tungstate iron-miner iron-montmorillonite iron-on iron-plated iron-shod iron-sick iron-sided iron-sulfur cluster iron-sulfur protein iron-sulphur cluster iron-sulphur protein iron-tree iron-willed iron-witted iron-worded ironable ironbark ironbound ironcaps spider orchid ironclad ironed ironedetate ironer ironfield ironfounder ironfounding ironhanded ironheads ironheart ironing ironish ironless ironlike ironly ironmaker ironmaking ironman ironmaster ironmine ironmonger ironmongery ironness ironperson ironsand ironshod ironshot, iron-shot ironsmith ironstone ironware ironweed ironwoman ironwood ironwork ironworker ironworking ironwort irony lamp-iron leg irons making-iron mid-iron nickel-iron non-iron proto-iron put every iron in the fire red iron oxide rule with a rod of iron sad-iron searing-iron shank-iron shooting-iron stony-iron stretching-iron strike the iron while it's hot strike while the iron is hot sulfate of iron sulphate of iron toasting-iron toggle-iron too many irons in the fire tow-iron tue-iron unironed waxing iron wouldn't work in an iron lung yttrium iron garnet

Distinct From

steel

Entails

heat

Context

chemistry cockney rhyming slang golf metallurgy offensive physics rhyming with poof countable shortened from iron hoof slang

Has Property

harder than gold harder than wood heavy

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

; club element golf club golf-club golfclub home appliance household appliance implement material metal metal metallic metallic element press substance tool

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Berlin iron Bessemer iron Italian iron Quevenne's iron Russia iron Russian iron alpha iron angle iron arsenical iron bad iron bar iron barking iron beta iron big iron black iron bloomery iron bog iron box iron branding iron brandiron bridle iron calking iron cast iron caulking iron chrome iron chromic iron climbing iron clothing iron cobiron cold iron corrugated iron cramp iron crance iron cranse iron crimping iron crisping iron croze iron curling iron delta iron diiron draw iron ductile iron electric iron epsilon iron fire iron firing iron flat iron flatiron fresh off the irons galvanised iron galvanized iron gamma iron gammon iron gob iron goose iron grab iron grappling iron gray iron grozing iron hair iron harping iron hawser iron heptairon hexaaquairon hexairon horse iron iron-54 iron-56 iron-57 iron-58 jagging iron leg iron lily iron lofting iron malleable iron mashie iron meaking iron merchant iron meteoric iron meteoritic iron midiron motley iron noniron octairon organoiron patty iron pentairon pie iron pig iron pinking iron plane iron plough iron plow iron pump iron pumping iron pyrophoric iron radioiron riesel iron ripping iron road iron roast iron round iron rub iron running iron sable iron sadiron sand iron scrap iron scribing iron shaving iron sheet iron silicon iron smoothing iron snarling iron snarling-iron soldering iron span iron sparry iron spathic iron specular iron spiegel iron sponge iron steam iron steely iron stirrup iron stony iron stub iron sweating iron sweet iron tamping iron tank iron telluric iron tetrairon tire iron toggle iron tow iron tramp iron triron tyre iron uniron waffle iron wear iron white iron wrought iron wrought-iron wroughtiron zinc iron

Type Of (IsA)

abundant element upon earth colour common metal denser than water element ferrous metal force golf club gray hard substance home appliance implement metal metallic element mineral naturally occurring tangible substance ore restraint shackle small appliance stronger than gold tool unalloyed metal weapon

Manner Of

press

Part Of

molecule

Receives Action

attracted to magnets cast converted into steel forged formed found in ground found in house magnetized melted plugged into electric socket welded

Related Terms

Flores martis Prussian blue andiron cementite colcothar ferrate ferratin ferredoxin ferretto ferric ferrimagnetism ferrite ferritin ferronerie ferronière ferronnerie ferronnière ferrous gridiron haem haematite haemochromatosis hematite heme hemochromatosis magnetite molysite nife rust steel synthetic maghemite wustite wüstite

Related Terms

age apparatus appliance arm atomic number bad bad steel bar base base metal basic basic metal before before steel black black metal blood board bottom cast cast metal cementite cloth clothes clothes flat clothes presser clothes pressing clothes smother clothing clothing board clothing flat clothing smoother clothing straighten club colcothar cold color colour crease creased creased clothes decrease decrease clothes domestic domestic task dull electrical element eye eye run eye wrong fe ferrate ferratin ferredoxin ferretto ferrimagnetism ferrite ferritin ferronerie ferronière ferronnerie ferronnière ferrous ferrous metal fetter flat flatten flatten clothes flattening flattening shirts flattens flattens clothes flores martis for clothes for pressing for wrinkles furnish golf golf club gray gray dull haem haematite haemochromatosis handcuff handgun handle hard hard metal heat heavy heavy metal hematite heme hemochromatosis homosexual hot hot metal implement in magnet inflexible ingredient iron ore irons it rust like like steel magnet magnetism magnetite maiden makes makes steel material metal metal age metal bar metal element metal heavy metal ore metal silvery metal type metallic metals mineral molysite movie new new movie nife ore ore metal piece precursor press press clothes presser presses presses clothes pressing pressing clothes pressing implement pressing tool prussian blue qur removing removing wrinkles run rust rusting rusting material rusting metal rusty rusty metal shackle shackles shirts silver silvery skillet small small appliance smooth smooth wrinkles smoother smoothing smoothing clothes smoothing implement smother steam steaming steaming presser steaming thing steel steel ingredient steel metal steel precursor steelmaking straighten strong strong metal sturdy sturdy material sura symbol symbol fe synthetic maghemite task thick tool tough tough metal transfer triangular type unrefined unrefined steel use use on very very hot wrinkle wrinkled wrinkled clothes wrinkles wrong wustite wüstite

Similar Terms

mangle robust

Synonym Network

cast iron energy ferrum flatiron poof press shackles

Used For

get out wrinkels in clothes getting wrinkles out of clothes hit golf ball hitting golf ball hitting ho who acts up ironing ironing clothes make portions of swing press clothes press wrinkles out of cloth pressing cloth remove wrinkles from clothes

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