Synonyms for boot

Most common

kick · peng · heel · dickey · shoe · axe UK · iron heel · wheel clamp

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Antonyms

shut-down, turn-off, stop

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.

2. n. 2

   A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.

3. n. 3

   A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.

4. v. 1

   To kick.

   You nearly booted me in the face!

Related words

Word family

booty bootikin bootlick bootlid bootneck bootscraper bootstrap bootless

Phrases

boot out to boot boot boy boot fair combat boot desert boot get the boot top boot

Forms

Plural

boots → bangs, flushes, charges, rushes…

Past participle

booted
e.g. booted → rebooted, started, hoofed, bootstrapped…

Example sentences

• kick Tom got a kick out of the way Mary told the story.
• peng It is said that Peng Zu was the grandson of a celestial emperor.
• heel The first baseman is the Achilles heel of our team.
• shoe Excuse me, but where is the men's shoe department?
• axe It's a sharp axe, but the branch is not yielding.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters

ax¹

3 letters

axe¹

4 letters

kick¹, rush¹, bang¹, butt¹, shoe¹, heel¹, peng¹, hoof¹

5 letters

start¹, trunk¹, flush¹, ender²

6 letters

charge¹, profit², firing², rookie², thrill¹, reboot², dickey², buskin, charre

7 letters

kicking²

8 letters

outsider³

9 letters

bootstrap²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ender² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

botte

Español

bota

Deutsch

Stiefel

Català

bota