Definition of Nickel 1. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite Noun 2. A United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar Noun 3. Five dollars worth of a drug Noun 4. Plate with nickel Verb Morphology of "nickel" Synonyms for word "nickel" Semanticaly linked words with "nickel" Hyponims for word "nickel" etymology cupronickel etymology nicad etymology nonnickel etymology radionickel etymology ニッケル [Japanese] etymology nikel etymologically related kupfernickel etymologically related niccolite etymologically related nife etymologically related nitinol etymological origin of nickel [Swedish] is derived from Nichrome is derived from Raney nickel is derived from antimonial nickel is derived from arsenical nickel is derived from bismuth-nickel is derived from copper-nickel is derived from cupro-nickel is derived from cupronickel is derived from hot nickel is derived from nickel bag is derived from nickel bronze is derived from nickel carbonyl is derived from nickel chloride is derived from nickel glance is derived from nickel green is derived from nickel gymnite is derived from nickel hydride is derived from nickel hydroxide is derived from nickel nitrate is derived from nickel note is derived from nickel nurser is derived from nickel ocher is derived from nickel ochre is derived from nickel pyrites is derived from nickel regulus is derived from nickel salt is derived from nickel silver is derived from nickel spinel is derived from nickel steel is derived from nickel sulfate is derived from nickel sulfide is derived from nickel sulphate is derived from nickel sulphide is derived from nickel tetracarbonyl is derived from nickel-and-dime is derived from nickel-antigorite is derived from nickel-bloom is derived from nickel-chlorite is derived from nickel-in-the-slot is derived from nickel-iron is derived from nickel-skudderudite is derived from nickeled is derived from nickelian is derived from nickelic is derived from nickeliferous is derived from nickeline is derived from nickelisation is derived from nickelise is derived from nickelite is derived from nickelization is derived from nickelize is derived from nickelled is derived from nickelocene is derived from nickelodeon is derived from nickelous is derived from nickels is derived from not worth a plug nickel is derived from not worth a plugged nickel is derived from plug nickel is derived from plugged nickel is derived from tetracarbonylnickel