- Types Of Speech
- You can use point as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Point
- A 1 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters i, n, o, p, and t, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter i. Point starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, po, poi, poin, and the ending characters are t, nt, int, oint, ..
- Definition
- A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Point is set as a grade three word that starts with p, ends with t, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is point a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Point in Pig Latin is said as "ointpay or ointpway".
- Unigram
- p | o | i | n | t
- Bigram
- po | oi | in | nt
- Trigram
- poi | oin | int
- Quadrigram
- poin | oint
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a contact in the distributor;
as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs - sharp end;
"he stuck the point of the knife into a tree";
"he broke the point of his pencil" - a wall socket
- the gun muzzle's direction;
"he held me up at the point of a gun" - an outstanding characteristic;
"his acting was one of the high points of the movie" - a distinguishing or individuating characteristic;
"he knows my bad points as well as my good points" - the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole;
"several of the details are similar";
"a point of information" - a geometric element that has position but no extension;
"a point is defined by its coordinates" - the object of an activity;
"what is the point of discussing it?" - a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list;
"he noticed an item in the New York Times";
"she had several items on her shopping list";
"the main point on the agenda was taken up first" - a brief version of the essential meaning of something;
"get to the point";
"he missed the point of the joke";
"life has lost its point" - a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer;
"the point of the arrow was due north" - a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;
"in England they call a period a stop" - the precise location of something;
a spatially limited location;
"she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" - a promontory extending out into a large body of water;
"they sailed south around the point" - the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest;
"he scored 20 points in the first half";
"a touchdown counts 6 points" - 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
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass;
"he checked the point on his compass" - a V shape;
"the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" - a very small circular shape;
"a row of points";
"draw lines between the dots" - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;
"a remarkable degree of frankness";
"at what stage are the social sciences?" - an instant of time;
"at that point I had to leave"
- Verb Examples
- repair the joints of bricks;
"point a chimney" - give a point to;
"The candles are tapered" - be a signal for or a symptom of;
"These symptoms indicate a serious illness";
"Her behavior points to a severe neurosis";
"The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" - indicate a place, direction, person, or thing;
either spatially or figuratively;
"I showed the customer the glove section";
"He pointed to the empty parking space";
"he indicated his opponents" - intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
"He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face";
"criticism directed at her superior";
"direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" - direct into a position for use;
"point a gun";
"He charged his weapon at me" - be positionable in a specified manner;
"The gun points with ease" - mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- mark with diacritics;
"point the letter" - mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- sail close to the wind
- direct the course;
determine the direction of travelling - be oriented;
"The weather vane points North"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abode | housing that someone is living in "he built a modest dwelling near the pond" "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" |
| Accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
| Accentuate | put stress on utter with an accent "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" |
| Accent Mark | |
| Ace | a serve that the receiver is unable to reach |
| Acerbity | a sharp and bitter manner |
| Acid | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
| Acidity | the property of being acidic |
| Acme | the highest point (of something) "at the peak of the pyramid" |
| Acridity | the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone |
View all cognitive synonyms for Point
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pinto | a spotted or calico horse or pony |
| Point | a contact in the distributor as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs |
| Piton | a metal spike with a hole for a rope mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold |
| Pinot | any of several purple or white wine grapes used especially for burgundies and champagnes |
View English words with the unique letters used in point. Words With The Letters Inopt
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Contact | close interaction "they kept in daily contact" "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings" |
| Tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact "they forget to solder the contacts" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Distributor | electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Option (6 letters) | 8 +1 | 10 +1 | option | ||
| Pinto (5 letters) | 7 | 9 | point | ||
| Pintado (7 letters) | 10 +3 | 12 +3 | pintado | ||
| Point (5 letters) | 7 | 9 | point | ||
| Piton (5 letters) | 7 | 9 | point | ||
| Pitocin (7 letters) | 11 +4 | 14 +5 | pitocin | ||
| Caption (7 letters) | 11 +4 | 14 +5 | caption | ||
| Topping (7 letters) | 12 +5 | 16 +7 | topping | ||
| Potion (6 letters) | 8 +1 | 10 +1 | option | ||
| Pontiff (7 letters) | 15 +8 | 17 +8 | pontiff | ||
| Utopian (7 letters) | 9 +2 | 12 +3 | utopian | ||
| Pontiac (7 letters) | 11 +4 | 14 +5 | caption | ||
| Opuntia (7 letters) | 9 +2 | 12 +3 | utopian | ||
| Pinot (5 letters) | 7 | 9 | point | ||
| Appoint (7 letters) | 11 +4 | 14 +5 | appoint | ||
| Pointed (7 letters) | 10 +3 | 12 +3 | pointed | ||
| Paction (7 letters) | 11 +4 | 14 +5 | caption | ||
| Toping (6 letters) | 9 +2 | 12 +3 | toping | ||
| Potting (7 letters) | 10 +3 | 13 +4 | ginoptt | ||
| Pointy (6 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +3 | pointy | ||
| Pouting (7 letters) | 10 +3 | 14 +5 | pouting |
Point Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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