Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Proper Noun

Adjective

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

Word Relationships

Typical Location

at hotel bus depot car's ignition door front door idea keychain keyhole own home pocket purse

Capable Of

enter lock free free prisoner let in room open door open doors open lock solution to problem start car start car engine start engine turn lock

Coordinate Terms

feather spline

Dbpedia Occupation

actor dance rapping singer songwriter

Derived Terms

Allen key CD key Chinese keys Command key Cross Keys Cuban Keys Florida Keys Greek key I lost my keys I've lost my keys Key Green Key Largo Key West Key of the Mediterranean Long Key PF key Super key USB key Walpole Cross Keys Windows key Winkey Woodruff key a golden key can open any door accelerator key alt key answer key arrow key autokey barrel key bedkey bis key boss key bump key business key car key card key change key check key chroma key chroma-key chuck key clustering key composite key compound key content key control key culverkey cursor key dead key dichotomous key disk on key electronic car key enter key escape key false key fin key function key hashkey hex key high-key home key hot key hotkey housekey identification key ignition key in a major key in a minor key in key jiggle key jiggler key key alike key art key artwork key back key bed key binding key bit key bolt key bounce key bump key club key combo key currency key defender key desk key down key drive key encapsulation mechanism key exchange key finder key forward key frame key fruit key grip key harp key holder key in key in on key interest rate key into key light key log key logger key man risk key money key of the door key of the street key off key on key out key pair key party key performance indicator key person insurance key person risk key press key rate key seat key server key set identifier key spoke key stage key stretching key to the city key to the door key to the midway key up key visual key word key worker key wrench key-bugle key-cold key-fruit key-keeper key-money key-value key-word keyable keybed keybind keyboard keybounce keyboy keybutton keycap keycard keychain keyclick keycode keyed up keyer keyfob keyframe keyguard keyholder keyholding keyhole keykeeper keyless keylet keylike keyline keylock keylogger keylogging keymaker keyman keymap keymapping keymask keymaster keyness keynote keypad keypair keypal keypath keyphone keyplate keypoint keypress keypunch keyring keys of the kingdom keys to the kingdom keyscan keyseat keysender keysending keyserver keyset keysigning keysmash keysmith keyspace keystone keystore keystream keystring keystrip keystroke keyswitch keytainer keytap keytop keyway keyword keywork keyworker latch key latch-key latch-key child latchkey lock key lock someone up and throw away the key low key low-key lowkey maple key master key meta key mid-key miskey modifier key multikey natural key nose key off-key out of key parallel key passkey piano keys pipe key pre-shared key private key programmed function key public key public key certificate public key cryptography railway key rekey relative key return key rose key screw key secret key serial key shift key shortcut key skate key slack key slack-key soft key sortkey split key spoke key start key stream key sub-key subkey superkey surrogate key tenkey theoretical key throw away the key tipsy key tooth key tuning key turn-key turnkey under lock and key unkey water key wine key wine-key witkey

Etymologically Related To

k kilo

Inflected/Variant Forms

quay

Context

architecture basketball biology botany cartomancy computer graphics computing cryptography databases historical internet masonry music print and film radio rail transport slang taxonomy telegraphy and radio telegraphy television though this is more commonly shortened to kay

Has Property

hidden in pouch

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

achene building block chord component coral reef determine device explanation furnish harmonise harmonize kg kilo kilogram lever list listing mechanical device musical notation offer part pitch positive identification provide reconcile render set space supply vandalise vandalize

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Esc key Escape key Morse key candidate key card key church key database key foreign key keyphrase keyword major key minor key passcode passphrase password primary key silent key skeleton key unique key

Type Of (IsA)

button coral reef device explanation kilogram lever list musical notation person pitch positive identification rigid portable object shaped piece of metal shaped thing space thing user powered device

Manner Of

harmonize supply vandalize

Part Of

action basketball court florida

Receives Action

inserted into lock needed to unlock door required to unlock padlock

Related Terms

Key in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) Keyes Keys clef key card key chain key change key fob key ring key signature keyseat keyway public-key cryptography scale

Related Terms

access access item ash black bullhead rail channel character class clef cmyk color container crucial decode discriminate door door opener doors electrical encode enter field fruit hole identified identify important indehiscent index indicate indispensable ink irc island item keyboard keyes keypad keys keystone lath legend lenormand link lock lock opener locks logical made made metal maple mark mask master master skeleton membership metal morse code open open things opener opening opening doors organize orientation passphrase password piano plastering rail relational database retention roughness salient samara scale scratch shaft skeleton skeleton key switch symbol table taxon text transparent unique unlock unlock door unlocking vandalize wheel wing woodwind worksheet

Similar Terms

important of import

Synonym Network

cay francis scott key identify keystone primal samara winder

Used For

close encryption getting in to car getting in to house keeping secure keeping things safe keeping things secure limiting access lock locking locking door locking doors locking locks locking padlock locking things open open and close doors open door open lock opening opening door opening doors opening lock opening locked door opening locks opening safe opening things slash wrists unlock unlock car door unlock lock unlock mystery unlocking unlocking things

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