Point Synonyms and Antonyms

point
A position having no extent
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. location
  2. place
  3. spot
  4. locus
  5. locality
Anything having a point, sense 2
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sword
  2. dagger
  3. stiletto
One of the units in a course, as on an ascending or descending scale
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. degree
  2. grade
  3. level
  4. peg
  5. rung
  6. stage
  7. step
  8. notch
A tally
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dot
  2. count
  3. dash
  4. notch
  5. fleck
  6. tip
  7. pinpoint
  8. speck
  9. mark
  10. spot
  11. peak
A transitional interval beyond which some new action or different state of affairs is likely to begin or occur
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. edge
  2. borderline
  3. brink
  4. threshold
  5. verge
A time
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. period
  2. limit
  3. duration
  4. on the verge of
  5. close-to
  6. instant
  7. almost
  8. immaterial
  9. not pertinent
  10. not germane
  11. be brief
  12. speak plainly
  13. cut the matter short
  14. get to the particulars
  15. make a long story short
  16. get-down-to-brass-tacks
  17. not mince words
  18. cut-to-the-chase
  19. apt
  20. pertinent
  21. germane
  22. juncture
  23. in the matter of
  24. point-in-time
  25. decimal-point
  26. as concerns
  27. as relevant to
  28. stress
  29. emphasize
  30. do as a rule
  31. do on principle
  32. insist upon
  33. allow
  34. make an exception
  35. concede
  36. exact
  37. moment
  38. percentage-point
What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. argument
  2. matter
  3. subject
  4. subject matter
  5. text
  6. theme
  7. topic
A detail
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. case
  2. argument
  3. feature
  4. power point
  5. point at issue
An individually considered portion of a whole
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. item
  2. detail
  3. article
  4. element
  5. particular
To sharpen
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sharpen
  2. taper
  3. punctuate
  4. whet
  5. repoint
  6. barb
Be oriented
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. orient
The gun muzzle's direction
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gunpoint
A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. distributor point
  2. breaker point
Any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. compass-point
To direct or aim:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. aim
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. alphabetical
  2. apical
  3. cacuminal
  4. categoric
  5. poignant
  6. seriatim

Words Related to Point

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Point Sentence Examples

  • At some point she fell asleep.

  • There was no point in working herself up this way.

  • There was no point making an issue of it.

  • From that point on it was a nightmare.

  • Most girls wanted to be a princess at some point in their youth, though she couldn't specifically remember that wish.

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