KEYS Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

keys 1 of 2

noun

plural of key

as in scales

an explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart in order to know what those dotted lines represent, you'll need to look at the key

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as in tickets

something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal a good education is the key to success

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as in doors

the means or right of entering or participating in he had found the key to her heart

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keys

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verb

present tense third-person singular of key

as in reconciles

to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences her response was perfectly keyed to the situation

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Noun

The network starts out with random weights that produce unhelpful queries, keys, and values, and thus poor translations. — Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026 Its latest annual Gboard experiment flips this dynamic on its head with moving keys that eventually roll into position right under your finger. — New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026 As cameras snapped, Sanders placed a set of car keys into the teenager’s right hand. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026 Some keys had adjustable bits so that the shape could be altered at any time. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 Yubico, which sells hardware security keys, and Okta, which provides identity management services, announced a partnership alongside the survey. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 Rooms There are just 14 keys on the property, split between the Inn’s second and third floors. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026 Drawing from the Renaissance game’s design and motif, there are playful talismans — geese, dragonflies, clovers, horseshoes, dice, keys and ladybugs — across trays, teapots, mugs, boxes, miniatures and espresso sets. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 Access to Starlink systems requires multi-factor authentication, including hardware security keys. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

Verb

Saul returned several hours later, handed Octavio the car keys and left again. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026 Percent change in enrollees −15%0%2% Use the arrow keys ↑↓←→ to navigate through the map regions. — Joelle Gross, NBC news, 22 June 2026 Bob Iger is beginning a fresh phase after recently handing the Disney keys over to new CEO Josh D’Amaro, and this era includes some new awards. — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026 WhatsApp, Signal, and Apple iMessages all offer E2EE, which places the encryption keys for the messages only on the sender and recipient devices. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026 Be sure to keep cars locked and keys out of reach of children, Fennell said. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 The senior first baseman/pitcher is one of the area’s top hitters and keys the Panthers’ playoff hopes. — Colby Gordon, Austin American Statesman, 15 Feb. 2026 Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data. — Tom Warren, The Verge, 29 Jan. 2026 Eco effort The hotel adheres to Hyatt’s global standards for sustainability, with robust waste and recycling initiatives, extensive energy and water recycling programs, and the use of World of Hyatt digital keys through your phone, to reduce the number of plastic room keys in use. — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for keys

Noun

Atmospheric fluctuations on shorter weekly or daily scales, such as sudden stratospheric warming events, polar vortex disruptions, or shifts in the Arctic Oscillation, can temporarily override the overarching El Niño pattern.

— Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
But even those examples fall far short of the sort of figures that would tilt the scales in any outcomes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of scales

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Here’s what happened outside before the doors officially unlocked.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
On the aesthetic front, Vanadium Grey Metallic accents on the sideview-mirror covers, the wheels, the model-designation decals on the doors, and on the badge at the rear help distinguish the latest Carrera T from its siblings.

— Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of doors

Verb

Ted shares an emotional reunion with Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein), reconciles with Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt) and gets ready to work again with Higgins (Jeremy Swift), Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) and Keeley (Juno Temple).

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026
So is a sales, inventory, and operations planning cadence that continuously reconciles demand, inventory, capacity, and constraints across tiers.

— Jean-Louis Rassineux, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of reconciles

Noun

The tables were draped in salmon-pink tablecloths and ringed with bright red chairs, and each plate had a napkin folded into a swan.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Three roaches were on the floor in front of the food expo station, where the cooks put food ready to head out to customer tables.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of tables

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For travelers who treat their passports as unofficial scrapbooks, few souvenirs are as satisfying as a fresh immigration stamp.

— Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
MacKenzie Teymouri said in court that the defendants held American, Chinese and Mexican passports, and two law enforcement sources told The Times that Xuan and Zhang are Chinese nationals with dual citizenship.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of passports

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Latency becomes the new battleground The researchers say accesses that would normally leave a rack and travel through a conventional network could instead follow a more predictable path.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
This discipline involves architecting the entire information ecosystem an AI agent accesses—codebase structure, team standards, documentation and institutional knowledge (the unwritten rules and patterns teams develop over time).

— Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of accesses

Verb

The demonstration is intended to show how the system coordinates multiple actions while maintaining context throughout a task.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
One is a zinc protease, where the positive charge of the zinc atom coordinates the peptide bond that’s being broken, key parts of the protease, and a water molecule.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

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