Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

unlock unlock

Typical Location

car door door doorknob entrance front door gate locker locker room

Capable Of

open opened using lockpick

Created By

locksmith

Derived Terms

Bramah lock D lock Enfield Lock Janus-faced lock Lock Haven Lockport Locktober Lockwood O-lock air lock alcolock anklelock anti-lock antilock armlock belock bike lock bikelock box and lock boxlock brainlock button lock cannon lock chinlock clasp lock cliplock combination lock core locked couch lock couchlock daglock deathlock devilock diff lock differential lock double lock standing seam double-lock drop lock drop-lock earlock electric lock pick elflock eyelock facelock fermentation lock fetlock fetterlock firelock flatlock forelock frame lock genlock gimbal lock goldilocks guard lock hairlock hammerlock handlock hardlock hashlock have it on lock headlock hep-lock hindlock hip lock hock lock horse-lock hydrolock hydrostatic lock inlock inlock interlock interlock jail lock joint lock keycard lock keylock land-locked salmon landlock leg lock lidlock line lock liner lock lip lock lip-lock lip-locked lock and load lock away lock convoy lock down lock eyes lock horns lock hospital lock in lock into lock key lock lips lock off lock on lock out lock pick lock pick gun lock picking lock screen lock stitch lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen lock the stable door after the horse has bolted lock through lock time lock under lock up lock, stock and barrel lock-down lock-in lock-out lock-pick lock-picking lock-step lock-up lock-weir lockability lockable lockage lockblade lockbolt lockbox lockchamber lockdown locked fault locked groove locked nucleic acid locked rotor amp locked-in syndrome locker lockfast lockful lockhouse lockjaw lockkeeper lockless locklet locklike lockmaker lockmaking lockmaster locknote locknut lockout lockpick lockpicker lockpicking lockpin lockplate lockring locks only keep honest people honest lockset lockshield lockside locksman locksmith locksmithery locksmithing locksport lockstep lockstitch lockup lockwork locky love lock love-lock lovelock maglock manlock mindlock mode-locked mortise lock multilock necklock oarlock percussion lock permutation lock phase-locked loop picklock picture lock puzzle lock rebounding lock relock rim lock ring-lock riplock safety lock scalp lock sea-locked sealock seat lock self-locking side-lock sidelock slock snaplock soaplock spinlock spring lock stasis lock stock lock stunlock suitlock taglock thread-locking fluid threadlock tick a lock tidal lock tidally locked tightlock triple lock triple-lock twistlock under lock and key underlock unlock unlockability unlockable uplock vapor lock vapour lock wagon lock weighlock wheel lock window lock wood-locked wristlock

Etymologically Related To

laik lake

Context

break dancing computing gun mechanisms internet rugby

Prerequisites

key to opened

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bosom build confine constraint construct displace embrace enclosure engage fasten fastener fastening fix fixing hair hold holdfast hug make mechanism move overcome overpower overtake overwhelm pass restraint secure squeeze sweep over whelm wrestling hold

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Windsor Locks airlock ankle lock caplock caps lock capslock child lock core lock deadlock dial lock doglock double shoulder lock flash lock flat lock flintlock gridlock gunlock gust lock job lock knob lock leglock liplock livelock lock gate matchlock num lock overlock padlock scroll lock shift lock staircase lock tide lock time lock wheellock

Type Of (IsA)

anti theft device enclosure fastener fixed freestanding structure hair infrastructure product mechanical device mechanism restraint security device transport facility wrestling hold

Made Of

metal

Manner Of

construct engage fasten hold overwhelm pass

Part Of

canal door drawer firearm gate hairdo ignition switch lid

Related Terms

Locks Heath

Related Terms

canal closed closed doors closure combination container control device door door handle door latch doors dovetail drawer egress fasten fist four front row grapple handle intertwine keep keep out key key receptacle key security keys latch lock stock and barrel lock time mechanism metal mutex need need combination officially on door out post prevent protection receptacle requires requires key resource ritual safe safe protection scrum secure secure mechanism securing securing device security security device security mechanism success thing thread tuft turn user wheel with key with keys wrestling

Synonym Network

engage interlock lock in

Used For

close controlling access controlling whether door opened fasten keep cloesd keep door closed keeping items secure keeping others out keeping people out of preventing from getting stolen privacy protecting protecting property protecting valuables protection provide security secure valuables securing building securing door securing home securing valuables security storing valuables

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