adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of finger form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Having fingers (of the specified kind). in-compounds, not-comparable
2. 2
   Synonym of digitate. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   having or resembling a finger or fingers; often used in combination wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

claweddentatedigitaldigitatefangedfingerlike

Antonyms

All antonyms

fingerless

Example

More examples

"The old woman fingered each bead of her rosary with deep devotion."

Etymology

From finger + -ed.

Related phrases

Major's long-fingered batfat-fingeredfingered citronfumble-fingeredgreen-fingeredlight-fingeredlime-fingeredlong-fingered frognimble-fingeredone fingered saluteone-fingered salutesingle-fingered salute

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.