| Main Entry: | pinpoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | define, locate |
Synonyms: |
determinate, diagnose, distinguish, finger*, get a fix on, home in on, identify, place, recognize, spot |
Antonyms: |
be ambiguous, lose |
| Main Entry: | dead-on |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exactly correct |
Synonyms: |
absolutely right, accurate, by the book, dead-center, definite, direct, exact, on the button, on the mark, on the mark, on the money, on the money, on the nose, pinpoint, precise, to the point, unerring, very accurate |
| Main Entry: | designate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | specify as selection |
Synonyms: |
allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, authorize, button down, characterize, charge, choose, commission, connote, constitute, define, delegate, denote, depute, deputize, describe, dictate, earmark*, elect, evidence, favor, finger*, indicate, individualize, make, mark, mete, name, nominate, opt, peg, pick, pin down, pinpoint, prefer, put down for, reseve, set apart, set aside, show, single, slot, stipulate, tab, tag*, tap* |
| Main Entry: | diagnose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | identify problem, disease |
Synonyms: |
analyze, determinate, determine, diagnosticate, distinguish, interpret, investigate, pinpoint, place, pronounce, recognize, spot |
Antonyms: |
misdiagnose |
| Main Entry: | distinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell the difference |
Synonyms: |
analyze, ascertain, categorize, characterize, classify, collate, decide, demarcate, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, differentiate, discriminate, divide, estimate, extricate, figure out, finger*, identify, individualize, individuate, judge, know, label, make out, mark, mark off, name, part, pinpoint, place, qualify, recognize, select, separate, set apart, set off, sift, signalize, single out, singularize, sort out, specify, spot, tag, tell apart, tell between, tell from |
| Main Entry: | dot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny mark, drop |
Synonyms: |
atom, circle, dab, droplet, fleck, flyspeck, grain, iota, jot, mite, mote, particle, period, pinpoint, point, speck, spot, tittle |
| Main Entry: | emphasize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stress, give priority to |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuate, affirm, articulate, assert, bear down, charge, dramatize, dwell on, enlarge, enunciate, headline, highlight, hit*, impress, indicate, insist on, italicize, labor the point, limelight, maintain, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, mark, pinpoint, play up, point out*, point up, press, pronounce, punctuate, put accent on, reiterate, repeat, rub in, spotlight*, underline, underscore, weight |
Antonyms: |
depreciate, forget, ignore, play down, understate |
| Main Entry: | fathom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discern, understand |
Synonyms: |
appreciate, apprehend, catch, cognize, comprehend, dig, divine, estimate, figure out, follow, gauge, get, get to the bottom, grasp, have, interpret, know, measure, penetrate, perceive, pierce, pinpoint, plumb, probe, recognize, savvy, sound, unravel |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand, not get |
| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of, lay hands on |
Synonyms: |
arrive at, bring to light, bump into, chance upon, collar, come across, come up with*, come upon, corral, descry, detect, dig up, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, fall in with, ferret out, happen upon, hit upon, identify, lay fingers on, light upon, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, run across, run into, scare up, sight, smoke out, spot, strike, stumble upon, track down, trip on, turn up, uncover, unearth |
| Notes: | a find (noun) is a discovery or productive insight - find (verb) means to come upon or discover something; fined means punished by the imposition of a penalty |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose, miss, pass by |
| Main Entry: | fleck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spot, pinpoint mark |
Synonyms: |
bit, dot, mite, mote, patch, pinpoint, speck, speckle, stipple, streak, stripe |