Synonyms for nail
neɪlnail

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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, 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 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 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 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 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, 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

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1. List of paraphrases for "nail":

   fingernail, hock, ferocity, chlorine, stud

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How to use nail in a sentence?

1. Van Iderstine:

   Nail art stickers are the easiest way to get perfect nail art in seconds, we like sticking them on 24 hours after painting.

2. John Lott:

   Gun control advocates and Democrats will fight you tooth and nail, they want to go and say' We've stopped 3.5 million dangerous people.' I look at it as we've stopped 3.5 million law abiding citizens who wanted to get a gun.

3. Joe Biden:

   I think you're going to see a significant change in the politics of the country, and I think lot of it had to do with the way in which the administration has treated people, i think the nail that maybe have put in the coffin this time was the way in which the administration responded to John McCain death, and the way it came across as being so nakedly... almost un-American. It was just raw. It wasn't -- it's not who we are.

4. Travis Deti:

   Cloud Peak Energy paid $ 354 million in taxes and royalties to federal, state and local governments in 2014, Colin Marshall said. For the same year, we paid an additional $ 69 million for leases for future production. For the same year, our profit was $ 79 million. there’s no sugar coating it, Deti said. This is just another attempt to put another nail in the coffin of the industry.

5. Goa Kerle:

   The nail is a friend of wood even if the nail makes wood suffer. Because the nail gives wood purpose.