Key Synonyms and Antonyms

Most important, influential, or significant
(Adjective)
Instrument to open a lock
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. latchkey
  2. opener
  3. master-key
  4. passkey
  5. paint
  6. winder
  7. skeleton-key
  8. passe-partout (French)
Antonyms:
  1. lock
Any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tonality
A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. samara
  2. key fruit
United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. francis scott key
Identify as in botany or biology, for example
(Verb)

Words Related to Key

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