Synonyms for nail
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1. nailnoun

   horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

2. nailnoun

   a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

3. nailverb

   a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

4. nailverb

   attach something somewhere by means of nails

   "nail the board onto the wall"

   Synonyms:
   apprehend, collar, peg, breeze through, sail through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, nab, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smash

5. collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, copverb

   take into custody

   "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

   Synonyms:
   quail at, cop, uplift, peck, hook, savvy, hear, complete, get, dig, percolate, hold back, nail, glom, nail down, pass with flying colors, perk up, smash, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, snitch, boom, call for, see, find out, turn back, grasp, perk, halt, gain vigor, knock off, ace, compass, receive, sweep through, stop, sail through, get the picture, pinpoint, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, comprehend, lift up, peg, intoxicate, pick up, breeze through, contain, elate, catch, thieve, blast, grok, learn, get wind, hold, collect, discover, check

6. smash, nail, boom, blastverb

   hit hard

   "He smashed a 3-run homer"

   Synonyms:
   boom out, cop, shoot, crush, bankrupt, complete, thunder, nail, nail down, pass with flying colors, smash, arrest, bang up, nab, din, smash up, ruin, boom, demolish, pillory, break, breeze through, ace, blare, sweep through, sail through, pinpoint, collar, apprehend, savage, peg, thrive, pick up, expand, flourish, crucify, blast, dash, knock down, shell

7. nail down, nail, pegverb

   succeed in obtaining a position

   "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

   Synonyms:
   peg down, sweep through, apprehend, pass with flying colors, collar, peg, blast, nab, settle, breeze through, sail through, pin down, narrow down, specify, ace, finalise, nail, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, finalize, boom, arrest, cop, narrow, smash

8. breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nailverb

   succeed at easily

   "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"

   Synonyms:
   sweep through, apprehend, collar, peg, breeze through, sail through, ace, pass with flying colors, nail, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, nab, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smash

9. pinpoint, nailverb

   locate exactly

   "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"

   Synonyms:
   sweep through, apprehend, collar, peg, breeze through, sail through, ace, pass with flying colors, nail, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, nab, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smash

10. complete, nailverb

    complete a pass

    Synonyms:
    sweep through, fill in, collar, breeze through, dispatch, finish, nail, fill out, discharge, sail through, peg, ace, pass with flying colors, apprehend, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, nab, make out, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smash

Matched Categories

1. • Attach
   • Fastener
   • Football
   • Hit
   • Horny Structure
   • Locate
   • Pass
   • Play
   • Seize
   • Succeed

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1. nailnoun

   Synonyms:
   claw, talon

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "nail":

   fingernail, hock, ferocity, chlorine, stud

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1. Justin Moore:

   It's probably the hardest case I've ever had to deal with in my young career, just to see this particular situation where parents are just fighting tooth and nail and they're not gaining an inch at all, it's just heartbreaking.

2. Paul Rivlin:

   The Arab boycott has weakened over many years and the Israel-UAE FTA is a major nail in its coffin.

3. Walker Buehler:

   We’re both really talented teams that know how to play good baseball, you’ve got to assume there’s going to be a few nail-biters in there.

4. Cyndi Ramirez:

   I think a lot of people who are not huge nail art loyalists find joy in being a little festive through press-ons, it takes the edge off of having to cipher through Pinterest or Instagram for inspo and then getting frustrated at the nail salon because they do n’t come out how you ’d expect. Plus they’re more affordable and you can pretty much guarantee they ’ll look great on you !

5. Andy Hall:

   We saw a lot of instances of police abuse and torture that were happening and a concern for us is that the police were just focusing on ways to nail the two defendants, we believe, from my investigation, that they blocked out so much of other evidence that could have been used ... simply to focus on the two accused.