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Synonyms for finger

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

boy lad bloke index chicken finger toe fox-glove claw

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Boy — A person

boy, lad, bloke, guv informal UK

Other

digit, touch, hand, handle, toe, index, claw, fox-glove, chicken finger, talon, tendril, jet bridge

Verb

1. Rat out — to report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on

turn in, tell on, rat on, tattle on, twit, accuse, squeal on, inform, inform on, denounce, defame, rat out slang

Other

thumb, feel, fingerfuck vulgar

Antonyms

exculpate

All antonyms of finger →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person.

  2. v. 1

    To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on.

Related words

Word family
finger-and-toe finger-beam fingerboard finger-click fingered fingerer fingerfuck fingering
Phrases
ring finger physical finger physic finger finger millet little finger marriage finger index finger medical finger
Is a kind of
digit handle

Forms

Plural
fingers → boys, lads, blokes, guvs…
Past participle
fingered
e.g. fingered → twitted, accused, informed, denounced…

Example sentences

  • boy That boy who is speaking English is taller than I.
  • lad The lad leaned over and shouted into Tom's ear.
  • bloke But who was that bloke who forced his way in here?
  • index The stock price index was off 200 points yesterday.
  • toe During the accident, he got cut from head to toe.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
fingerrising
boyrising
ladrising
blokerising
indexfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
boy1, toe1, lad1, guv
4 letters
feel1, hand1, claw1, twit
5 letters
touch1, index2, thumb1, digit2, bloke1, talon2
6 letters
handle2, inform2, accuse2, defame2
7 letters
tendril
8 letters
denounce2
10 letters
fingerfuck

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (index2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
doigt
Italiano
dito
Deutsch
Finger