Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "screw" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

unscrew unscrew

Typical Location

computer hinges of door motorcycle tool box wall wall outlet fixture

Capable Of

hold things together wood screw or machine screw

Derived Terms

Allen screw Archimedean screw Archimedes screw Archimedes' screw Chicago screw Edison screw Hindley's screw Hunter's screw I screw you not News of the Screws Phillips screw Robertson screw Screws of the World ball screw ballscrew bed screw breech screw cap screw capstan screw chopped and screwed coach screw color screw color-screw colour screw differential screw endless screw eye screw foot screw full screw get screwed go screw yourself go screw yourself grub screw have a loose screw have a screw loose have one's head screwed on have one's head screwed on right have one's head screwed on straight have one's head screwed on the right way hex head screw interrupted screw jack screw jackscrew lag screw lead screw leadscrew lighter screw limit screw machine screw mana screw mana-screw polyaxial screw power screw put someone under the screw put the screw regulating screw right and left screw sand-screw screw about screw all screw anchor screw around screw away screw base screw bolt screw box screw cap screw drive screw elevator screw eye screw head screw in screw it screw jack screw key screw loose screw machine screw nail screw off screw over screw palm screw peg screw picket screw pile screw pine screw pod mesquite screw pump screw shoe screw stair screw the pooch screw theory screw this screw this for a game of soldiers screw this for a lark screw thread screw top screw up screw up one's courage screw valve screw ventilator screw with screw wrench screw you screw-in screw-off screw-pile lighthouse screw-stone screw-thread screw-top screw-type screw-up screw-you screwball screwdriver screwed, blued and tattooed screwene screwhead screwjack screwtape screwtaping screwy self-drilling screw self-tapping screw set screw sheet-metal screw stage screw temper screw the first turn of the screw pays all debts translation screw turn of the screw turn the screw turnscrew twin screw wall screw-moss water screw waxy screw shell wood screw would lose one's head if it wasn't screwed on

Context

billiard billiards derogatory math nautical pool slang snooker soccer us vulgar

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

beat beat out carnal knowledge coition coitus copulate copulation couple crush fasten fastener fastening fixing go around holdfast inclined plane intercourse keeper law officer mate pair peace officer propeller propellor relation revolve rotate sex act sexual congress sexual intercourse sexual relation shell tighten trounce vanquish

Type Of (IsA)

fastener inclined plane modified wedge propeller simple machine simple machine too tool wonderful simple invention

Manner Of

revolve tighten

Part Of

inclined plane outboard motor ship

Related Terms

bolt lampholder

Related Terms

amphipod archimedes screw axis backspin bolt casual contort crustacean extortion extortioner head helical instructor lamp holder linear magnitude miskick packet parallel pitch prison guard propeller rotation screw back screw over screwing severity sexual intercourse sexual partner shank simple machine skinflint steam threaded tobacco translation vessel

Similar Terms

make out neck

Synonym Network

cheat fuck prison guard roll in hay

Used For

attach item to else fasten things fastening two objects together fixing two things together hang picture holding things together holding together holding two pieces of wood together propelling ship putting furniture together securing two objects together sexual pleasure turning

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