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Synonyms for iron

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Clothes iron — A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most…

flat iron, clothes iron, smoothing iron

2. Poof — A male homosexual

poof, queer

Adjective

1. Adamantine — strong (as of will), inflexible

adamantine, adamant, brassbound rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.

  2. n. 2

    A male homosexual.

  3. adj. 1

    Strong (as of will), inflexible.

    He held on with an iron grip.

Forms

Plural
irons → poofs, queers, manganeses, ferrums…

Example sentences

  • weights Some people have back pain when they lift weights.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ironfalling
fefalling
weightsfalling

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

By length

2 letters
fe1
4 letters
poof1
5 letters
queer1
6 letters
robust2, ferrum
7 letters
weights1, adamant3
9 letters
manganese3
10 letters
adamantine, brassbound

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (robust2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
fer
Italiano
ferro
Deutsch
Eisen