Synonyms of heel

heel 1 of 4

noun (1)

as in bastard

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

felt like a heel when she found out that she'd blamed the wrong person

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bastard
• jerk
• dog
• clown
• snake
• skunk
• rat
• creep
• beast
• joker
• brute
• reptile
• toad
• villain
• swine
• brat
• pill
• sod
• louse
• scum
• idiot
• bleeder
• hound
• bugger
• boor
• cur
• vermin
• varmint
• bounder
• rotter
• moron
• cad
• son of a gun
• crumb
• cretin
• slime
• stinker
• scumbag
• schmuck
• so-and-so
• blighter
• lout
• churl
• barbarian
• buzzard
• dirtbag
• fink
• crud
• nuisance
• fool
• slob
• sleaze
• savage
• scab
• slimeball
• sleazebag
• stinkard
• rat fink
• scuzzball
• sleazeball
• chuff
• scoundrel
• nerd
• wretch
• caveman
• rogue
• loudmouth
• rascal
• blockhead
• Neanderthal
• vulgarian
• roughneck
• turkey
• lowlife
• booby
• dolt
• imbecile
• pest
• nut
• jackass
• dope
• scamp
• goon
• airhead
• snip
• insolent
• ninny
• nincompoop
• miscreant
• dink
• snot
• snob
• snoot
• dork
• doofus
• schmo
• nitwit
• schmoe
• nit
• dweeb
• birdbrain
• half-wit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hero
• gentleman
• lady
• heroine
• idol
• role model
• angel
• saint

heel

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verb (1)

as in to slope

to set or cause to be at an angle

the strong gust heeled the sailboat almost to the point of capsizing, but we managed to right it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slope
• tilt
• angle
• lean
• tip
• incline
• cock
• slant
• pitch
• list
• cant
• bend
• bank
• deviate
• descend
• retreat
• swerve
• veer
• decline
• recline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• level
• straighten
• flatten
• even

heels

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noun (2)

plural of heel

as in dogs

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

felt like a heel when she found out that she'd blamed the wrong person

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dogs
• jerks
• bastards
• clowns
• skunks
• skunk
• snakes
• sons of guns
• creeps
• jokers
• toads
• pills
• rats
• beasts
• bounders
• reptiles
• stinkards
• swine
• hounds
• louses
• brutes
• buggers
• varmints
• villains
• boors
• rotters
• idiots
• stinkers
• scums
• morons
• vermin
• scuzzballs
• brats
• rat finks
• cruds
• buzzards
• crumbs
• curs
• sods
• sleazes
• blighters
• bleeders
• dirtbags
• slimes
• cads
• so-and-so's
• barbarians
• cretins
• schmucks
• scumbags
• finks
• nuts
• chuffs
• nuisances
• louts
• churls
• so-and-sos
• sleazebags
• fools
• slimeballs
• scabs
• sleazeballs
• boobies
• nerds
• savages
• slobs
• scoundrels
• dufuses
• cavemen
• vulgarians
• rascals
• wretches
• roughnecks
• loudmouths
• Neanderthals
• rogues
• blockheads
• lowlives
• snips
• nincompoops
• imbeciles
• dopes
• lowlifes
• turkeys
• goons
• airheads
• dolts
• miscreants
• snots
• insolents
• scamps
• ninnies
• dinks
• doofuses
• snobs
• birdbrains
• pests
• dorks
• schmoes
• nits
• jackasses
• nitwits
• dweebs
• snoots
• half-wits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heroes
• ladies
• gentlemen
• role models
• heroines
• idols
• angels
• saints

heels

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of heel

as in slopes

to set or cause to be at an angle

the strong gust heeled the sailboat almost to the point of capsizing, but we managed to right it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slopes
• tilts
• angles
• tips
• leans
• cocks
• inclines
• lists
• slants
• pitches
• banks
• cants
• bends
• deviates
• descends
• retreats
• veers
• declines
• reclines
• swerves

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• levels
• straightens
• flattens
• evens

Phrases Containing heel

• Achilles' heel