All nickel synonyms
nick·el
N n noun nickel
- coins — Plural form of coin.
- copper — Copper is reddish-brown metal that is used to make things such as coins and electrical wires.
- dimes — Plural form of dime.
- pennies — a female given name, form of Penelope.
- quarters — one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book.
- silver — consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
- chicken feed — If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chicken feed.
- pin money — any small sum set aside for nonessential minor expenditures.
- pocket money — money for small, current expenses.
- spending money — money for small personal expenses.
verb nickel
- anodize — to coat (a metal, such as aluminium or magnesium) with a protective oxide film by electrolysis
- bronze — Bronze is a yellowish-brown metal which is a mixture of copper and tin.
- chrome — (as modifier)
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- electroplate — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- enamel — An opaque or semitransparent glassy substance applied to metallic or other hard surfaces for ornament or as a protective coating.
- encrust — Cover (something) with a hard surface layer.
- face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- flake — fake2 (defs 2, 3).
- foil — to cover or back with foil.
- gild — to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
- laminate — to separate or split into thin layers.
- layer — protocol layer
- overlay — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- platinize — to coat or plate with metallic platinum.
- scale — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- stratify — to form or place in strata or layers.