SIGN Synonyms

• a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

• Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel

• a distinguishing symbol

• the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament

• a reference point to shoot at

• a visible indication made on a surface

• the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember

• a symbol of disgrace or infamy

• formerly the basic unit of money in Germany

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

• a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)

• a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

• an indication of damage

• a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

• something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

• attach a tag or label to

• designate as if by a mark

• be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense

• celebrate by some ceremony or observation

• make or leave a mark on

• to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

• notice or perceive

• mark with a scar

• make small marks into the surface of

• establish as the highest level or best performance

• make underscoring marks

• remove from a list

• put a check mark on or near or next to

• assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

• insert punctuation marks into

• a slight indication

• evidence that helps to solve a problem

• roll into a ball

• an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech

• evidence that helps to solve a problem

• a stimulus that provides information about what to do

• sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards

• assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

• a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view

• a show of military force or preparedness

• a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)

• proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion

• a visual presentation showing how something works

• special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

• a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

• the feelings expressed on a person's face

• expression without words

• the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions

• a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

• the style of expressing yourself

• a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

• (genetics) the process of expressing a gene

• a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

• the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing

• emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

• a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.

• plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

• a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device

• flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

• stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones

• a conspicuously marked or shaped tail

• communicate or signal with a flag

• provide with a flag

• droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

• decorate with flags

• become less intense

• motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling

• the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

• something done as an indication of intention

• show, express or direct through movement

• something that serves to indicate or suggest

• the act of indicating or pointing out by name

• (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure

• something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary

• a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument

• a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time

• a signal for attracting attention

• a device for showing the operating condition of some system

• (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction

• the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

• a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

• a change of position that does not entail a change of location

• a state of change

• a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote

• the act of changing location from one place to another

• an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

• show, express or direct through movement

• an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

• something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible

• an individual instance of a type of symbol

• something serving as a sign of something else

• a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines

• something of sentimental value

• insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)

• a message informing of danger

• cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)

• notification of something, usually in advance

• serving to warn

• an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

• give a benediction to

• confer prosperity or happiness on

• make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

• render holy by means of religious rites

• a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

• a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

• enter into a contractual arrangement

• engage by written agreement

• squeeze or press together

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• become smaller or draw together

• make smaller

• compress or concentrate

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

• used of the language of the deaf

• being other than verbal communication