All pointer synonyms

noun pointer

• lodestar — a star that shows the way.
• cursor — On a computer screen, the cursor is a small shape that indicates where anything that is typed by the user will appear.
• akita — a large powerfully-built dog of a Japanese breed with erect ears, a typically white coat, and a large full tail carried curled over its back
• dachshund — A dachshund is a small dog that has very short legs, a long body, and long ears.
• main idea — the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about: Find the main idea in each paragraph.
• hint — an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
• beagle — A beagle is a short-haired black and brown dog with long ears and short legs. It is kept as a pet or sometimes used for hunting.
• enchiridion — A book containing essential information on a subject.
• landmark — a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
• feedback — Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
• marker — a person or thing that marks.
• index finger — forefinger.
• hand — Learned [lur-nid] /ˈlɜr nɪd/ (Show IPA), 1872–1961, U.S. jurist.
• wand — a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
• airedale — a large rough-haired tan-coloured breed of terrier characterized by a black saddle-shaped patch covering most of the back
• key — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
• fulcra — the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
• indicant — something that indicates; indicator.
• glimpse — a very brief, passing look, sight, or view.
• clue — A clue to a problem or mystery is something that helps you to find the answer to it.
• fangs — Plural form of fang.
• lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
• fulcrum — the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
• locater — a person who locates something.
• indicator — a person or thing that indicates.
• needle — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
• basset — a long low smooth-haired breed of hound with short strong legs and long ears
• index — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
• hound — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
• indicia — indicia (def 2).
• finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
• first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
• ins — (used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits): walking in the park.
• man's best friend — a dog, especially as a pet.
• discoverer — a person who discovers.
• baton — A baton is a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.
• adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
• digit — a finger or toe.
• arrow — An arrow is a written or printed sign that consists of a straight line with another line bent at a sharp angle at one end. This is a printed arrow: →. The arrow points in a particular direction to indicate where something is.
• bowwow — the bark of a dog, or a sound in imitation of it
• warner — Charles Dudley [duhd-lee] /ˈdʌd li/ (Show IPA), 1829–1900, U.S. editor and essayist.
• bowwows — the bark of a dog.
• fang — one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
• forefinger — the first finger next to the thumb.
• detector — A detector is an instrument which is used to discover that something is present somewhere, or to measure how much of something there is.
• guide — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.