puts finger on

Main Entry:
denote [dih-noht]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: designate, mean
Synonyms: add up, announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, finger, flash, hang sign on, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, put down for, put finger on, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify
Notes: denote means to make known or plainly mean, while connote means to express or state indirectly or imply
Main Entry: name
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: choose, designate
Synonyms: announce, appoint, cite, classify, commission, connote, declare, delegate, denote, elect, identify, index, instance, list, make, mark, mention, nominate, peg, pin down, point to, put down for, put finger on, recognize, refer to, remark, select, signify, single out, slot, specify, suggest, tab, tag, tap
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Main Entry: place
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: identify, recognize
Synonyms: associate, determinate, determine, diagnose, distinguish, figure out*, finger*, indicate, know, nail, peg, pinpoint, put one's finger on, remember, set in context, spot, tell
Notes: in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran
Antonyms: forget, overlook
Main Entry: point
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: show as probable; call attention
Synonyms: bespeak, button down, denote, designate, direct, finger*, hint, imply, indicate, lead, make*, name, offer, peg, pin down, put down for, put finger on, signify, suggest, tab, tag*
Notes: the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck
Main Entry: specify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: designate; decide definitely
Synonyms: be specific, blueprint*, button down, cite, come to the point, condition, define, detail, determine, draw a picture, enumerate, establish, finger*, fix, get down to brass tacks, get to the point, go into detail, indicate, individualize, instance, inventory, itemize, lay out, limit, list, make, mention, name, particularize, peg, pin down, point out, precise, put down, put finger on, set, settle, show clearly, slot, specialize, specificate, specificize, spell out, stipulate, tab, tag, tick off
Antonyms: generalize
Related Words
Main Entry: name
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
anonymous, cognominal, disquiparant, eponymous, euonymous, having no name, hight, innominate, known as, misnamed, named, nameless, ne, nee, nominal, nuncupative, nuncupatory, onymatic, onymous, orismological, polyonymous, pseudepigraphous, pseudonymous, scilicet, self, self, soi, theophoric, titular, unnamed, veritable, videlicet, what one may fairly call, what one may fitly call, what one may properly call, what one may well call, without a name, yclept
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Limited space] Place.
Category: 1. ABSTRACT SPACE
Synonyms:
-nouns
place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, nook (corner); hole; pigeonhole (receptacle); compartment; premises, precinct, station; area, courtyard, square; abode; locality (situation)., ins and outs; every hole and corner.
-adverbs
somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places, passim.
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