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Indicator

One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.

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Narrower term 8

Annunciator 76% connected

One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cursor 76% connected

Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dial 76% connected

An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; bu…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gnomon 76% connected

The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Level 76% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pointer 76% connected

One who, or that which, points.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reference 76% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scale 76% connected

The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fact 76% connected

A doing, making, or preparing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sign 76% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Signal 76% connected

A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Signaling 76% connected

of Signal

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Signalling 76% connected

of Signal

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Derivationally related 2

Indicate 74% connected

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Indicate 74% connected

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Index 92% connected

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Indicant 92% connected

Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Academic alternative 1

Evidence 84% connected

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

words for evidence 55% interchangeable

A sign or measure that points towards a condition.

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