All sign synonyms
sign
S s noun sign
- watchword β a word or short phrase to be communicated, on challenge, to a sentinel or guard; password or countersign.
- guide β 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.
- commonition β (obsolete) advice; warning; instruction.
- alert β If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
- info β information.
- herald β (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- kinesics β the study of body movements, gestures, facial expressions, etc., as a means of communication.
- dynamics β The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- cinchers β Plural form of cincher.
- flash β a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
- worriment β the act or an instance of worrying; anxiety.
- footmarks β Plural form of footmark.
- lowdown β the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- cross β If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- eponym β A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.
- omen β anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- lighthouse β a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- integer β Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.
- hieroglyph β Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hint β an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- crier β a person or animal that cries
- denominator β In mathematics, the denominator is the number which appears under the line in a fraction.
- googol β a number that is equal to 1 followed by 100 zeros and expressed as 10 100 .
- numerator β Arithmetic. the term of a fraction, usually above the line, that indicates the number of equal parts that are to be added together; the dividend placed over a divisor: The numerator of the fraction 2/3 is 2. Compare denominator (def 1).
- kinetics β the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
- majuscule β (of letters) capital.
- note β a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
verb sign
- let in β to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- franchised β Simple past tense and past participle of franchise.
- autograph β An autograph is the signature of someone famous which is specially written for a fan to keep.
- circumstantiate β to support by giving particulars
- button down β (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- beckon β If you beckon to someone, you signal to them to come to you.
- achieve β If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- initialing β of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- bang out β If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- franchising β a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- backdate β If a document or an arrangement is backdated, it is valid from a date before the date when it is completed or signed.
- chalking β a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- dittoed β the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: β³. Abbreviation: do. Compare ditto mark.
- give the go-ahead β authorize sb to do sth
- ghosting β the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- blotched β Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- inscribe β to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- angeled β one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- authored β a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- lap up β (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline.
- consummate β You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.