keys
Janitor's pocket jinglers
Keys are small metal devices cut to fit specific locks, allowing them to be opened.
The plural covers literal keys and figurative ones: I can't find my car keys, the keys to success.
Keys also refers to buttons pressed on keyboards and pianos: Her fingers flew across the keys.
In music, keys are tonal systems: The piece modulates through several keys.
To key something is to enter data or to scratch a car's paint maliciously. (Capitalized Keys refers to the Florida island chain.)
Something unexplained or unknown
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- solutionAnswer or liquid mixture
- answerSolution to query
- hintIndirect suggestion
cipher · code · riddle · detective · crucial · essential · unlock · decode
Portable locking device
Authentication string
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- cryptographicInvolving coded communication
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
- cipherHidden writing system
secure · token · passkey · digital signature · authorization · two-factor · biometric
mystery
Something unexplained or unknown
hint · cipher · code · riddle · detective · crucial · essential · unlock · decode · breakthrough
padlock
Portable locking device
latch · bolt · unlock · keychain · fob · duplicate · copy · lockout
password
Authentication string
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- cryptographicInvolving coded communication
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
cipher · secure · token · passkey · digital signature · authorization · two-factor · biometric
ivory
Tusk-derived material
flats · chord · scale · arpeggio · fingering · touch · synthesizer · organ · harpsichord · accordion
QWERTY
Dominant keyboard configuration
spacebar · shift · shortcut · hotkey · caps lock · delete · touch typing · home row · modifier
- manufactured goodsautomobiles, appliances, auto parts, cars, trucks
- objectsbasket, bowl, bucket, jar, jug
- handheld objectsphone, cup, pen, pencil, fork
- solid objectsrock, stone, table, chair, box
- lockspadlock, deadbolt, bolt lock, padlocks, deadbolts
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
keysatonality
Absence of key signature
dissonance · cacophony · noise · discord · chromaticism
- car keysVehicle ignition tokens
- house keyTool unlocking your residence
- key pointsCentral ideas distilled
- key ringLoop organizing lock openers
- lock and keyPaired fastening mechanism
- key chainRing holding multiple openers
key, keyboard, keyhole, keynote, keystone, keying, keyed, keyword, keywords