Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adjective

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

mineral nonmetal plastic soft softness stone wood wooden

Typical Location

car instruments junkyard metal fabrication shop ore steel

Capable Of

burns corroded element or alloy need polishing

Coordinate Terms

color fur stain

Created By

smelting

Derived Terms

Aich's metal Albion metal Babbitt metal Babbitt's metal Bath metal Britannia metal Celtic metal Christian metal Dutch metal Euro-metal Field's metal Kingston's metal Metal Bridge Muntz metal Prince Rupert's metal Rieke metal Rose's metal Tula metal Viking metal Wood's metal alkali metal alkaline earth metal alkaline-earth metal alkylmetal allylmetal alt-metal alternative metal arylmetal avant-metal bare metal base metal bell metal bell-metal ore bi-metal strip biometal bite my shiny metal ass black metal blond metal blue metal bush-metal cannon metal cermet close to the metal composition metal cyclometalate death metal delta metal depressive black metal dimetal doom metal drone metal earth metal emo metal expanded metal extreme metal ferrometal folk metal folk-metal full metal jacket funk metal funk-metal gilding metal glam metal glass metal groove metal gun metal gun-metal gunmetal hair metal half-metal hard metal heavy metal heavy metal umlaut heterometal holy unblack metal hot metal hot metal typesetting industrial metal intermetal king of metals leaf metal marine metal melodic death metal memory metal metal aquo complex metal carbonyl metal cluster compound metal complex metal detecting metal detector metal detectorist metal halide lamp metal homeostasis metal hydride metal jacket metal master metal mouth metal neutral metal rubber metal shop metal umlaut metal-detect metal-neutral metal-organic framework metal-poor metal-to-metal metalammonium metalate metalation metalbearing metalbilly metalcore metalcraft metalformer metalforming metalgaze metalhead metalise metalish metalize metallate metalless metallic metallicity metallide metalliferous metallike metalline metallise metallism metallization metallize metallo metallography metalloid metallole metally metalmaking metalman metalmark metalmonger metalness metalorganic metalsmith metalsmithing metaltail metalware metalworker metalworking metalworks mischmetal monkey metal mu-metal multimetal nanometal noble metal non metallic metal non-metal non-metallic metal nu metal nu-metal nü-metal off-metal organometal outmetal pedal to the metal perfect metal poor metal pop metal post-metal post-transition metal pot metal power metal precious metal prince's metal progressive metal proto-metal protometal put pedal to the metal put the pedal to the metal radiometal rap metal rare earth metal refractory metal remetal road metal royal metal semi-metal semimetal sheet metal sheet-metal sludge metal speculum metal speed metal stoner metal thrash metal transition metal trimetal type metal unblack metal white metal yellow metal

Distinct From

plastic rock tin wood

Context

astronomy aviation heading mining music tincture travel uk

Has Property

good for building harder than wood harder than wool heavy opaque

Part Of (Holonyms)

alloy

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

chemical element coat element mixture surface

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

chemical element copper gold iron mercury noble metal silver

Type Of (IsA)

conductor ductile electrical conductor forms of expression gleam hard substance heavier than water inanimate object inorganic substance music music style not food shiney tangible thing

Manner Of

coat

Not Has Property

organic

Receives Action

awarded to winner bent cut forged formed found in house melted painted polished riveted tarnished used in construction

Related Terms

:Category:Metals heavy metal metalling

Related Terms

ale alloy alloys aluminium aluminium steel aluminum aluminum iron aluminum steel aluminum tin argent as iron atoms band big bang brass brass iron brass steel bridges bright bronze bronze aluminum building building machines building material building ships building things buildings calibre cans cars cars cans cars jewellery category characteristic chemical chemical element coat of arms cobalt coin coin material coins cold cold hard cold strong column conductance conducting conductive conductive element conductive elements conductive properties conductive substance conductivity conductor conductors conducts conducts electricity construction construction material copper copper aluminum copper gold copper iron copper steel copper tin copper zinc density detector ductile ductile malleable ductility durability electrical electrical conductor electricity element element category element characteristic element group element hard element type elemental elemental substance elements example example gold example iron example steel factories flat foil for coins for ore from ore general general term generic generic name generic steel generic term genre glass gold gold copper gold iron gold silver gold steel gold tin gray grey grey hard grey shiny ground group guitar guitars gun hard hard alloy hard bright hard cold hard element hard material hard matter hard music hard object hard objects hard properties hard rock hard shiny hard steel hard substance hard surface harder harder wood hardness heavy heavy band heavy element heavy material heavy metal heavy music heavy rock heavy something heavy substance helium inorganic inorganic substance iron iron aluminum iron brass iron bronze iron cobalt iron copper iron gold iron nickel iron ore iron silver iron steel iron thing iron tin is hard its its reflective jewellery jewelry lead lead iron lead steel lead tin like like alloy like iron like steel like tin lots lots guitar loud loud music luster machines magnetic magnetic material magnetic properties magnetism make making making cars malleable material material ore material shiny material type matter metallic metallic bond metallic substance mettle mined mined material mined ore mineral mineral material mineral ore most most elements music music genre music too name nickel nickel steel nuclear object objects or or iron ore ore product ore production pedal periodic periodic column pewter platinum platinum copper positive positive valence precious product production properties rail railway raw raw material refined refined ore reflective related related steel resource road rock rock genre rock music scorpions scrap sheet sheet shiny shine shininess shinny shiny shiny element shiny elements shiny hard shiny malleable shiny material shiny mineral shiny solid shiny steel shiny stuff shiny substance shiny substances shiny surface ships silver silver copper silver gold silver iron silvery smelted smelting smithing smooth solid solid atoms solid material sometimes sometimes precious stainless stainless steel steal steel steel aluminium steel aluminum steel bronze steel copper steel gold steel iron steel nickel steel substance steel tin strength strong strong material stuff substance substances surface sword sword material term tin tin aluminum tin brass tin bronze tin copper tin gold tin iron tin lead tin pewter tin silver tin steel tincture titanium too tools transition transition element transition elements type type material type substance types valence very very hard vessel war weight welding wood zinc zinc copper

Similar Terms

all-metal aluminiferous antimonial argentiferous auriferous bimetal bimetallic bronze gilded gold gold-bearing golden metal-looking metallic-looking metallike silver tinny

Synonym Network

alloy metallic metallic element

Used For

build rocket build things building many things casting machinery machining make make many things make musical instruments making car making chemical compounds making jewelry making office building making skyscraper making weapons melting strength

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