Key Synonyms and Antonyms

kē
A means of solution
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. answer
  2. cay
  3. explanation
  4. solution
  5. code
  6. ticket
  7. clue
  8. formula
  9. index
  10. pointer
  11. pivot
  12. hinge
  13. crux
  14. fulcrum
  15. lever
  16. address
  17. nexus
  18. core
  19. route
  20. atoll
  21. root
  22. taproot
  23. central
  24. nucleus
  25. earmark
  26. critical
  27. marker
  28. digital
  29. keystone
  30. symptom
  31. essential
  32. sign
  33. brand
  34. guide
  35. secret
  36. important
  37. cipher
  38. island
  39. isle
  40. indicator
  41. islet
  42. blueprint
  43. main
  44. signboard
  45. opener
  46. tip-off
  47. password
  48. pitch
  49. pivotal
  50. quay
  51. reef
  52. scale
  53. skeleton
  54. tonality
  55. vital
  56. headstone
  57. Florida key
Antonyms:
  1. question
Most important, influential, or significant
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. capital
  2. cardinal
  3. chief
  4. first
  5. foremost
  6. leading
  7. main
  8. major
  9. number one
  10. paramount
  11. premier
  12. primary
  13. prime
  14. principal
  15. top
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)
Synonyms:
  1. identify
  2. discover
  3. key out
  4. distinguish
  5. describe
  6. name

Words Related to Key

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. means
  2. cryptography or “crypto”
  3. crucial
  4. encryption or encipher
  5. strategic

Key Sentence Examples

  • He has a key to the mine gate.

  • I took the key from the office and made a copy.

  • Love your Heavenly Father with your whole heart and soul, love every child of God as much as ever you can, and remember that the possibilities of good are greater than the possibilities of evil; and you have the key to Heaven.

  • I still have a key to it.

  • Betsy left the key to her sumptuous room, in the city's finest hotel, allowing me to drop off my duds before meeting him in the hotel lobby.

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