Pointer

//ˈpɔɪn.tə//

Synonyms for "pointer" (82 found)

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Closest matches (17)

arrow hand needle cursor advice alerting automatic pilot blaze boatheader boatsteerer caution cicerone clue compass needle

Noun(3 words)

cursor advice arrow

Strong matches (24)

courier cowherd coxswain cue direction direction post dog dragoman drover fescue finger post fist goatherd guide guideboard guidepost guider gyropilot helmsman herd

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herdsman hint

Noun(2 words)

fescue hand

Related words (41)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

4 entries

gun dog indicator mark sporting dog

Synonyms

5 entries

arrow cursor fescue hand needle

Related terms

2 entries

address dereference

capable of

1 entries

pointing at object

coordinate

2 entries

retriever setter

derived

23 entries

Faraday pointer Hungarian Pointer back pointer downpointer finger-pointer five-pointer laser pointer mouse pointer nonpointer parent pointer tree point-to-pointer pointer finger pointerless pointerlike shared pointer six pointer

Showing 16 of 23 words.

derived from

1 entries

point

has context

2 entries

computing programming

is a

7 entries

computer code variable dog gundog hollywood cartoon indicator sporting dog sporting dog functional group

part of

1 entries

mickey mouse

related to

16 entries

address advice arrow cursor icon location memory mouse needle point reading rod timepiece tip value variable

Translations

146 translations across 38 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

مُؤَشِّر noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

ibrə noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)

Bashkir

2 entries

күрһәткес noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
күрһәткес noun (teacher's pointer)

Belarusian

3 entries

стрэ́лка noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)
ука́зка noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
ука́зка noun (teacher's pointer)

Bulgarian

4 entries

по́йнтер noun (hunting dog)
по́йнтер noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)
показа́лка noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
показа́лка noun (teacher's pointer)

Catalan

1 entries

apuntador noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

指標 /指标 noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)
指標犬 /指标犬 noun (hunting dog)
指示棍 noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
指針 /指针 noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)

Czech

1 entries

ukazatel noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)

Dutch

1 entries

pointer noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)

Esperanto

1 entries

montrilo noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)

Estonian

1 entries

viit noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)

Finnish

4 entries

kanakoira noun (hunting dog)
karttakeppi noun (teacher's pointer)
osoitin noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
osoitin noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)

French

4 entries

aiguille noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
aiguille noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)
baguette noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
braque noun (hunting dog)

German

4 entries

Fingerzeig noun (tip, bit of advice)
Nadel noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)
Pointer noun (hunting dog)
Pointer noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)

Greek

2 entries

δείκτης noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)
πόιντερ noun (hunting dog)

Hungarian

3 entries

angol vizsla noun (hunting dog)
mutató noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
pointer noun (hunting dog)

Icelandic

1 entries

bendir noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)

Ido

1 entries

brako noun (hunting dog)

Italian

4 entries

bacchetta noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
bacchetta noun (teacher's pointer)
bracco noun (hunting dog)
cane da punta noun (hunting dog)

Japanese

4 entries

ポインタ noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)
指し棒 noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
指し棒 noun (teacher's pointer)
指針 noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)

Korean

4 entries

교편 noun (teacher's pointer)
바늘 noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)
지시봉 noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
지침 noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)

Malay

4 entries

anjing penuding noun (hunting dog)
jarum penunjuk noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)
penuding noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
penuding noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)

Māori

1 entries

tīwhiri noun (tip, bit of advice)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

mîl noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)
nîşanderk noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
nîşanderk noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)
nîşanderk noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

ایكنه noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)

Persian

1 entries

اشارال noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)

Polish

4 entries

wskazówka noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)
wskazówka noun (tip, bit of advice)
wskaźnik noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
wskaźnik noun (teacher's pointer)

Portuguese

4 entries

dica noun (tip, bit of advice)
pointer noun (hunting dog)
ponteiro noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
ponteiro noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)

Romanian

1 entries

pointer noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)

Russian

4 entries

по́йнтер noun (hunting dog)
по́йнтер noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)
стре́лка noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)
ука́зка noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

cù-eunaich noun (hunting dog)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kàzāljka noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)
kàzāljka noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)
pokazìvāč noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)
ка̀за̄љка noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)

Spanish

4 entries

aguja noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)
apuntador noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)
braco noun (hunting dog)
consejo noun (tip, bit of advice)

Swedish

4 entries

pekare noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)
pekpinne noun (teacher's pointer)
pointer noun (hunting dog)
visare noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)

Thai

2 entries

พ้อยท์เตอร์ noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)
ไม้ชี้ noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)

Turkish

2 entries

göstergeç noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)
işaret çubuğu noun (teacher's pointer)

Ukrainian

4 entries

вказівни́к noun (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable)
стрі́лка noun (needle of a timepiece or measuring device)
ука́зка noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
ука́зка noun (teacher's pointer)

Vietnamese

1 entries

que chỉ noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Our pointer took off after a big deer.

Source: tatoeba (247698)

The compass pointer always seeks north.

Source: tatoeba (324981)

The Russian goalkeeper was struck by a laser pointer.

Source: tatoeba (3347089)

It's illegal to shine a laser pointer at an airplane.

Source: tatoeba (3347094)

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