Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

hammer

Typical Location

board finger

Capable Of

cause puncture wound nail things to other things pain person

Coordinate Terms

claw

Derived Terms

Küntscher nail PK nail another nail in someone's coffin another nail in the coffin bed of nails better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail bite one's nails brass nail bright nail bullen-nail casing nail chew on one's nails clout nail clout-nail coffin nail common nail cut nail denail door nail door-nail doornail drive a nail in someone's coffin drive a nail where it will go dumb as nails duplex nail eight penny nail eight-penny nail eightpenny nail final nail in the coffin finger nail fingernail finish nail footnail four penny nail four-penny nail fourpenny nail frost nail frost-nail garden nail gimp nail green nail syndrome hand-nail handnail hangnail hard as nails hard nail hit the nail on the head hobnail horse-nail horsenail horseshoe nail jolt head nail last nail in the coffin lath nail mad enough to chew nails misnail nail Jell-O to a tree nail Jell-O to a wall nail ball nail bar nail bat nail bed nail biter nail biting nail bomb nail clipper nail cutter nail enamel nail file nail fungus nail gun nail header nail house nail in one's coffin nail it nail jelly to a wall nail knot nail lacquer nail one's colors to the mast nail one's colours to the mast nail plate nail polish nail puller nail punch nail rod nail salon nail scissors nail set nail sick nail sickness nail someone to the wall nail technician nail the hammer on the head nail to the counter nail trimmer nail varnish nail violin nail-biter nail-biting nail-file nail-headed nail-making nail-patella syndrome nail-polished nail-tail wallaby nailable nailbed nailbiting nailbrush nailcare nailclipping nailer nailery nailfast nailfile nailfold nailful nailhead nailist nailless naillike nailprint nailproof nails on a chalkboard nailset nailshop nailsmith nailwort naily on the nail one nail drives out another renail roofing nail rose nail rother nail rusty nail sandpapered nails screw nail scupper nail shell nail syndrome sinker nail six penny nail six-penny nail sixpenny nail sixteen penny nail sixteen-penny nail sixteenpenny nail soil nail spignel spikenail spit nails squint like a bag of nails straw nail street nail stub nail ten penny nail ten-penny nail tenpenny nail the nail that sticks out gets hammered down thumbnail toenail tooth and nail tooth and nail syndrome tooth-and-nail tough as nails treenail twelve penny nail twelve-penny nail twelvepenny nail twenty-nail dystrophy unnail yellow nail syndrome

Context

slang vulgar

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

attach bring home the bacon clutch come through deliver the goods fastener fastening fixing hit holdfast horny structure linear measure linear unit locate make it pass play prehend seize succeed take hold take hold of turn up unguis win

Type Of (IsA)

anatomical structure connector construction material extruded body part fastener horny structure linear unit piece of metal protrusion rigid portable object shaft solid object spiky thing tool

Made Of

keratin

Manner Of

attach

Part Of

digit finger house integumentary system toe tool

Receives Action

hit by hammer

Related Terms

Nail in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) Wikipedia disambiguation page on both meanings of nail Wikipedia disambiguation page on spike claw talon

Related Terms

accomplish cannon catch claw cuticle ell fastener finger finger cuticle fingers fix friction hammer hammers hit horny inch intercourse material merchant nails on fingers pedestal pointy pointy fastener related related hammer sham spike talon target weapon wood yard

Synonym Network

bang breeze through collar complete nail down pinpoint smash

Used For

fastening two objects together hold things together scratching

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