Nails

Synonyms for nails:

fasteners (noun)

seals, clasps, knots, couplings, Buttons, Glues, bindings, locks, fastenings, snaps, hasps, stays, links, brackets, bonds, zippers, splices, cotters, Vinculums, rabbets, cinctures, mediators, media, cinches, connectors, threads, latches, guys, pins, strings, bands, braces, bolts, brads, braids, anchors, agents, spikes, laces, straps, Ligaments, cleats, buckles, grapnels, tacks, hinges, skewers, closures, Sutures, binders, fuses, clinches, hawsers, hitches, welds, hooks, go-betweens, clamps, chains, cements, fasteners, ties, rivets, staples, stitches, belts, vises, catches, Clips, Middlemen, twines.

needles (noun)

barbs, Spears, fishhooks, gimlets, Needles, lances, spurs, awls, spines, quills, prongs, spits, thumbtacks, pikes, hat pins, harpoons.

Sense 1

hardware.

Usage examples for nails:

• You're hard as nails. - "The Vertical City", Fannie Hurst.
• His hammer rose and fell, driving the great nails into the thick wooden shoes quite mechanically, by force of habit. - "The Invasion of France in 1814", Émile Erckmann Alexandre Chatrian.
• Each of my side- pockets had a little packet of large- headed, sharp- pointed nails. - "The Spy in Black", J. Storer Clouston.