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| Main Entry: | pinpoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | define, locate |
| Synonyms: | diagnose, distinguish, finger*, identify, place, recognize, spot, determinate, get a fix on, home in on |
| Antonyms: | lose, be ambiguous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dead-on |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exactly correct |
| Synonyms: | accurate, definite, direct, exact, on the nose*, pinpoint, precise, unerring, absolutely right, by the book, dead-center, on the button, on the mark, on the mark, on the money, on the money, to the point, very accurate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diagnose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | identify problem, disease |
| Synonyms: | analyze, determine, distinguish, interpret, investigate, pinpoint, place, pronounce, recognize, spot, determinate, diagnosticate |
| Antonyms: | misdiagnose |
| Main Entry: | dot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny mark, drop |
| Synonyms: | atom, circle, dab, droplet, fleck, grain, iota, jot, mite, mote, particle, period, pinpoint, point, speck, spot, flyspeck, 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, limelight*, maintain, mark, pinpoint, play up*, point out*, press, pronounce, punctuate, reiterate, repeat, spotlight*, underline, underscore, weight, insist on, italicize, labor the point, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, point up*, put accent on, rub in |
| Antonyms: | depreciate, forget, ignore, play down, understate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fathom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discern, understand |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, catch, comprehend, dig, divine, estimate, follow, gauge, get, grasp, have, interpret, know, measure, penetrate, perceive, pierce, pinpoint, plumb, probe, recognize, savvy, sound, unravel, cognize, figure out, get to the bottom |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, not get |
| Main Entry: | fleck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spot, pinpoint mark |
| Synonyms: | bit, dot, mite, mote, patch, pinpoint, speck, stipple, streak, stripe, speckle |
| Main Entry: | focus |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aim attention at |
| Synonyms: | adjust, attract, bring out, center, centralize, concentrate, convene, converge, direct, fasten, fix, fixate, join, knuckle down*, meet, pinpoint, put, sharpen, spotlight*, sweat*, concenter, get detail, home in, home in on, hone in, key on, move in, pour it on, rivet, zero in*, zoom in |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | identify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recognize; label |
| Synonyms: | analyze, button down, card, catalog, classify, describe, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, distinguish, establish, find, make out, name, peg*, pick out, pinpoint, place, put one's finger on, select, separate, single out, spot, tab*, tag* |
| Antonyms: | confuse, mistake |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | signify, display |
| Synonyms: | add up to, announce, argue, attest, augur, bespeak, betoken, card, connote, demonstrate, denote, designate, evidence, evince, express, finger, hint, illustrate, imply, import, intimate, make, manifest, mark, mean, name, peg*, pinpoint*, point out, prove, read, record, register, reveal, show, sign, signal, slot, specify, suggest, symbolize, tab, tag, testify, witness, be symptomatic, button down, pin down, point to |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, mislead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | localize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine |
| Synonyms: | center, contain, limit, narrow, pinpoint, restrain, restrict, stop from spreading |
| Main Entry: | vanishing point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | where earth meets sky |
| Synonyms: | nothingness, pinpoint, convergence point, convergent view, far horizon, mathematical point, meeting point, point of convergence |
| Main Entry: | distinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell the difference |
| Synonyms: | analyze, ascertain, categorize, characterize, classify, collate, decide, demarcate, determine, diagnose, differentiate, discriminate, divide, estimate, extricate, finger*, identify, judge, know, label, make out, mark, name, part, pinpoint, place, qualify, recognize, select, separate, sift, specify, spot, tag, determinate, diagnosticate, figure out, individualize, individuate, mark off, set apart, set off, signalize, single out, singularize, sort out, tell apart, tell between, tell from |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of, lay hands on |
| Synonyms: | bring to light*, bump into*, collar*, come across, come up with*, come upon, corral, descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, ferret out, identify, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, sight, spot, strike, turn up*, uncover, unearth, arrive at, chance upon, dig up, fall in with, happen upon, hit upon, lay fingers on, light upon, run across, run into, scare up, smoke out, stumble upon, track down, trip on |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | locate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find |
| Synonyms: | come across, come upon, detect, determine, discover, establish, ferret out*, get at, happen upon, hit upon, hook*, lay one's hands on, light upon, meet with, pick up on, pin down, pinpoint, place, position, read, search out, smell out, smoke out, spot, station, strike, stumble on, track down, trip over, uncover, unearth, zero in on |
| Antonyms: | lose, miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blemish, stain |
| Synonyms: | autograph, blaze, blot, blotch, brand, bruise, check, dent, dot, impress, imprint, initial, inscribe, label, letter, nick, pinpoint, point, print, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, smudge, splotch, stamp, streak, stroke, trace, underline, write, X*, chalk, ink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recognize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | identify |
| Synonyms: | admit, descry, diagnose, distinguish, espy, finger*, know, make*, make out, nail*, note, notice, observe, peg*, perceive, pinpoint, place, recall, recollect, remark, remember, see, sight, spot, tab, tag, verify, be familiar, button down, determinate, diagnosticate, flash on, know again, ring a bell |
| Antonyms: | miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | designate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | specify as selection |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, authorize, characterize, charge, choose, commission, connote, constitute, define, delegate, denote, deputize, describe, dictate, earmark*, elect, evidence, favor, finger*, indicate, make, mark, mete, name, nominate, opt, peg*, pick, pinpoint, prefer, show, single, slot, stipulate, tab*, tag*, tap*, button down, depute, individualize, pin down, put down for, reseve, set apart, set aside |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | show up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expose, embarrass |
| Synonyms: | belittle, convict, debunk, defeat, discover, discredit, highlight, invalidate, let down, mortify, pinpoint, put to shame, reveal, shame, undress, unmask, worst, lay bare, put spotlight on, show in bad light, uncloak, unshroud |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secrete |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | see, recognize |
| Synonyms: | catch, descry, detect, diagnose, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, ferret out, find, identify, locate, make out, observe, pinpoint, place, point out, sight, trace, track, turn up, catch sight of, determinate, meet with, pick out |
| Antonyms: | overlook |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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