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Synonyms for heel

20 synonyms
2 antonyms
2 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

butt boot ender blackguard bounder bread heel slubberdegullion

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. End of bread — the base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise

boot, butt, knob-end informal, knobend UK, crust UK AU NZ, ender, outsider rare UK

2. Dog

dog, bastard, hound, cad, blackguard, bounder, scoundrel

Other

bread heel, slubberdegullion

Verb

lean, incline, careen, list, reheel

Antonyms

All antonyms of heel →

Definitions

n. 1
The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
n. 2
The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
v. 1
To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
She called to her dog to heel.

Related words

Word family: heel-and-toe heelbone heel-dragger heeler heelie heelpath heelplate heeltap
Phrases: heel turn down at heel iron heel spike heel stiletto heel bread heel bring to heel heel bone

Forms

Plural: heels → boots, butts, knob-ends, crusts…
Past participle: heeled
e.g. heeled → leant, inclined, careened, listed…

Example sentences

butt Tom almost broke his butt slipping in the bathtub.
boot A wife is not a boot. You can't just kick her off.
ender Tom hasn't defeated the Ender Dragon before.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
heel		rising
butt		rising
boot		rising
ender		falling
blackguard		rising
bounder		rising

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

By length

3 letters: dog¹, cad¹
4 letters: list¹, butt¹, boot¹, lean¹
5 letters: crust¹, hound¹, ender²
6 letters: careen², reheel
7 letters: bastard², incline², bounder², knobend
8 letters: outsider³
9 letters: scoundrel²
10 letters: blackguard

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

In other languages

Français: talon
Italiano: tallone
Español: talón
Català: taló