Synonyms of the word

indicator

• n. A pointer or index that indicates something.
• n. A meter or gauge.
• n. The needle or dial on such a meter.
• n. (chemistry) Any of many substances, such as litmus, used to indicate the concentration of a substance,…
• n. (ecology) A plant or animal whose presence is indicative of some specific environment.
• n. (economics) A measure, such as unemployment rate, which can be used to predict economic trends.
• n. (Britain, Australia, automotive) A trafficator (dated definition); each of the flashing lights on each…
• n. A bird, the honeyguide.

color

• n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
• n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
• n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
• n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
• n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
• n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
• n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
• n. (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
• n. (in the plural) Gang insignia.
• n. The system of color television.
• n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
• n. (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
• n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
• n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
• n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
• n. (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
• n. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
• n. An appearance of right or authority.
• n. (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
• adj. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
• v. To give something color.
• v. (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers…
• v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
• v. To affect without completely changing.
• v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
• v. (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent…

colour

• n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
• n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
• n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).
• n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
• n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
• n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
• n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
• n. The system of colour television.
• n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
• n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
• n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
• n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
• n. (snooker) Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
• n. A front or façade: an ostensible truth actually false.
• n. An appearance of right or authority.
• n. (medicine) Skin colour noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
• adj. Conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.
• v. To give something colour.
• v. (intransitive) To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers…
• v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
• v. To affect without completely changing.
• v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
• v. (mathematics) To assign colours to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two…

device

• n. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
• n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
• n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
• n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb.
• n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience;…
• n. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs…
• n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
• n. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
• n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
• n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
• n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

fact

• n. (archaic) Action; the realm of action.
• n. (law, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed.
• n. (obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.
• n. An honest observation.
• n. Something actual as opposed to invented.
• n. Something which is real.
• n. Something which has become real.
• n. Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
• n. An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
• n. Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
• interj. Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.

index

• n. An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
• n. The index finger; the forefinger.
• n. A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
• n. (printing) A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
• n. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
• n. A sign; an indication; a token.
• n. (linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context. E.g.,…
• n. (economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
• n. (sciences) A number representing a property or ratio, a coefficient.
• n. (mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power.
• n. (computing, especially programming and databases) An integer or other key indicating the location of data…
• n. (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
• n. (obsolete) A prologue indicating what follows.
• v. (transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
• v. To inventory, to take stock.
• v. (linguistics, transitive) To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.

indicant

• adj. Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.
• n. That which indicates or points out.

sign

• n. (sometimes also used uncountably) A visible indication.
• n. A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
• n. (astrology) An astrological sign.
• n. (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity. (Note: it is improper to place a sign on the number zero).
• n. A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically,…
• n. (uncountable) Sign language in general.
• n. An omen.
• n. (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed…
• n. A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
• v. To make a mark.
• v. To make the sign of the cross.
• v. To indicate.

signal

• n. A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted…
• n. An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
• n. (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electrical or electromagnetic action, normally a voltage…
• n. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
• n. Useful information, as opposed to noise.
• n. (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To indicate.
• adj. Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.

signaling

• v. present participle of signal.
• n. (usually biochemistry) The sending of a biochemical or other type of signal.