Point
verbNoun
any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
“he checked the point on his compass”
Type of:Directiona distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
“the main point on the agenda was taken up first”
Similar:ItemType of:ComponentPartPortionan outstanding characteristic
“his acting was one of the high points of the movie”
Similar:SpotType of:Characteristica V shape
“the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points”
the gun muzzle's direction
“he held me up at the point of a gun”
Similar:GunpointType of:Muzzlea V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
“the point of the arrow was due north”
Similar:HeadType of:Markan isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
“a point of information”
an instant of time
“at that point I had to leave”
Type of:AmountQuantityMeasurea very small circular shape
“a row of points”
Similar:DotType of:DiskDiscSaucera brief version of the essential meaning of something
“get to the point”
“he missed the point of the joke”
“life has lost its point”
Type of:SignificationMeaningImportsharp end
“he stuck the point of the knife into a tree”
“he broke the point of his pencil”
Type of:TerminalEndthe unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
“he scored 20 points in the first half”
“a touchdown counts 6 points”
Type of:Unita distinguishing or individuating characteristic
“he knows my bad points as well as my good points”
Type of:Characteristica geometric element that has position but no extension
“a point is defined by its coordinates”
Type of:ComponentConstituentElementa promontory extending out into a large body of water
“they sailed south around the point”
the object of an activity
“what is the point of discussing it?”
the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
“she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street”
Type of:Locationa specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
Type of:TangencyContactthe dot at the left of a decimal fraction
the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
Similar:PointednessType of:Tapera wall socket
Type of:Outleta punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
Type of:RelevancyRelevanceone percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
Type of:Loan
Verb
be oriented
“The weather vane points North”
“the dancers toes pointed outward”
Similar:OrientType of:Lierepair the joints of bricks
“point a chimney”
Similar:RepointType of:DoctorFixRepairbe a signal for or a symptom of
“Her behavior points to a severe neurosis”
direct into a position for use
“point a gun”
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
“He pointed to the empty parking space”
be positionable in a specified manner
“The gun points with ease”
Type of:Beindicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
“the dog pointed the dead duck”
mark with diacritics
“point the letter”
Type of:LabelMarkTagsail close to the wind
Similar:LuffType of:Saildirect the course; determine the direction of travelling
give a point to
Type of:Deformintend (something) to move towards a certain goal
mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
Type of:TagMarkLabelmark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
Type of:LabelMarkTag
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA