Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

Adjective

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

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

cent dime half-dollar penny quarter

Derived Terms

Alumel Chromel Nibral Nichrome Nickel Centre Nickel Plate Road Nickelback Raney nickel V nickel allylnickel antimonial nickel arsenical nickel bismuth-nickel copper-nickel cupro-nickel cupronickel dinickel double-nickel drop a nickel ferronickel ferronickelplatinum hexanickel hot nickel if I had a nickel for every time nicad nickel and dime nickel back nickel bag nickel bronze nickel carbonyl nickel chloride nickel glance nickel green nickel gymnite nickel hydride nickel hydroxide nickel nitrate nickel note nickel nurser nickel ocher nickel ochre nickel pyrites nickel regulus nickel rich nickel ride nickel salt nickel silver nickel spinel nickel steel nickel sulfate nickel sulfide nickel sulphate nickel sulphide nickel tetracarbonyl nickel-and-dime nickel-antigorite nickel-bloom nickel-chlorite nickel-in-the-slot nickel-iron nickel-plate nickel-plated nickel-rich nickel-skudderudite nickelate nickelaustinite nickelian nickelic nickeliferous nickeline nickelisation nickelise nickelite nickelization nickelize nickelless nickellike nickelocene nickelodeon nickelous nickelphosphide nonanickel nonnickel not worth a plug nickel not worth a plugged nickel organonickel plug nickel plugged nickel proto-nickel radionickel renickel tetracarbonylnickel tetranickel that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee that and a nickel will get you on the subway trinickel wooden nickel you pays your nickel and you takes your chances you pays your nickel and you takes your choice

Etymologically Related To

cobalt kobold

Context

american football canada slang sometimes or us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

coin five dollar bill five-spot fiver metal metallic element plate

Type Of (IsA)

coin coin worth five cents electrical conductor fiver metal metallic element naturally occurring tangible substance silver unalloyed metal worth five cents

Manner Of

plate

Part Of

currency system

Receives Action

found at bank

Related Terms

false copper garnierite kupfernickel niccolite nickelling nife nitinol pentlandite

Related Terms

atomic number cent cents coin defensive back denomination dime elemental false copper five five cents garnierite jefferson kupfernickel metal money niccolite nickelback nife nitinol penny penny dime pentlandite plate playing card silvery symbol worth

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