score

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

score, n. [AS. scor twenty, fr. sceran, scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel. skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Sw. skåra. See Shear.].

•  A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.  [1913 Webster]

  "Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used."  [1913 Webster]
•  An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.  [1913 Webster]

  "He parted well, and paid his score."  [1913 Webster]
•  Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.  [1913 Webster]

  "But left the trade, as many more
  Have lately done on the same score."  [1913 Webster]

  "You act your kindness in Cydaria's score."  [1913 Webster]
•  The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.  [1913 Webster]

  "Amongst three or four score hogsheads."  [1913 Webster]

  "At length the queen took upon herself to grant patents of monopoly by scores."  [1913 Webster]
•  A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]
•  A weight of twenty pounds.  [1913 Webster]
•  The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.  [1913 Webster]
•  A line drawn; a groove or furrow.  [1913 Webster]
•  The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts.  Moore (Encyc. of Music).  [1913 Webster]
•  the grade received on an examination, such as those given in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or admission to school; -- it may be expressed as a percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam.  [PJC]

  "Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it?"  [1913 Webster]

score, v. t. 

•  To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.  [1913 Webster]

  "Let us score their backs."  [1913 Webster]

  "A briar in that tangled wilderness
  Had scored her white right hand."  [1913 Webster]
•  Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.  [1913 Webster]
•  To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.  [1913 Webster]

  "Madam, I know when,
  Instead of five, you scored me ten."  [1913 Webster]

  "Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score."  [1913 Webster]
•  To engrave, as upon a shield.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
•  To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.  [1913 Webster]
•  To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.  [1913 Webster]
•  To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.  [1913 Webster]

score, v. i. 

•  To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  To make or count a point or points, as in a game; to tally.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  To run up a score, or account of dues.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  To succeed in finding a partner for sexual intercourse; to make a sexual conquest.  [PJC]
•  To purchase drugs illegally.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

score, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the number of points, goals, runs, etc., made by a player, side, etc., in some games. b the total number of points etc. at the end of a game (the score was five-nil). c the act of gaining esp. a goal (a superb score there!).
2 (pl. same or scores) twenty or a set of twenty.
3 (in pl.) a great many (scores of people arrived).
4 a a reason or motive (rejected on the score of absurdity). b topic, subject (no worries on that score).
5 Mus. a a usu. printed copy of a composition showing all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged one below the other. b the music composed for a film or play, esp. for a musical.
6 colloq. a a piece of good fortune. b the act or an instance of scoring off another person.
7 colloq. the state of affairs; the present situation (asked what the score was).
8 a notch, line, etc. cut or scratched into a surface.
9 a an amount due for payment. b a running account kept by marks against a customer's name.
10 Naut. a groove in a block or dead-eye to hold a rope.
--v.
1 tr. a win or gain (a goal, run, points, etc., or success etc.) (scored a century). b count for a score of (points in a game etc.) (a bull's-eye scores most points). c allot a score to (a competitor etc.). d make a record of (a point etc.).
2 intr. a make a score in a game (failed to score). b keep the tally of points, runs, etc. in a game.
3 tr. mark with notches, incisions, lines, etc.; slash; furrow (scored his name on the desk).
4 intr. secure an advantage by luck, cunning, etc. (that is where he scores).
5 tr. Mus. a orchestrate (a piece of music). b (usu. foll. by for) arrange for an instrument or instruments. c write the music for (a film, musical, etc.). d write out in a score.
6 tr. a (usu. foll. by up) mark (a total owed etc.) in a score (see sense 9b of n.). b (usu. foll. by against, to) enter (an item of debt to a customer).
7 intr. sl. a obtain drugs illegally. b (of a man) make a sexual conquest.
8 tr. (usu. foll. by against, to) mentally record (an offence etc.).
9 tr. US criticize (a person) severely.

Idiom

keep score (or the score) register the score as it is made. know the score colloq. be aware of the essential facts. on the score of for the reason that; because of. on that score so far as that is concerned. score-book (or -card or -sheet) a book etc. prepared for entering esp. cricket scores in. score draw a draw in football in which goals are scored. score off (or score points off) colloq. humiliate, esp. verbally in repartee etc. score out draw a line through (words etc.). score under underline.

Derivative

scorer n. scoring n. Mus.

Etymology

(n.) f. OE: sense 5 f. the line or bar drawn through all staves: (v.) partly f. ON skora f. ON skor notch, tally, twenty, f. Gmc: see SHEAR

THESAURUS

score

L, Nachtmusik, Sexagesima, Vandyke, absolute music, accompaniment, accomplish, account, account current, account for, account rendered, account stated, accounts payable, accounts receivable, achieve, acquire, adapt, adaptation, add, aggregate, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music, algebraize, alphabet, ambition, amount, amount due, armies, army, arrange, arrangement, arrive, art, aspiration, attain, autolithograph, avenge, bad debts, bag, balance, band, bar, basis, be a printmaker, be seized of, be successful, bevy, bezel, bill, bill of account, bill of lading, bills, birthmark, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, blueprint, book, borrowing, box score, boxcar, boxcars, brand, brass tacks, break the bank, burr, calculate, calendar, calling, canal, canalize, capture, carve, cash account, cast, caste mark, castigate, catalog, catch, cause, chalk, chalk up, chamber music, chamber orchestra, chamfer, channel, character, charactering, characterization, charge, charges, chart, chase, check, check off, checkmark, chink, chisel, chiseling, chits, chop, choreography, chump, cicatrix, cicatrize, cipher, cleft, cloud, come by, come in for, come into, compose, composition, compute, condition, consideration, continuity, contract, control account, conventional representation, copy, corral, corrugate, corrugation, cost, count, count for, crack, cranny, crease, crena, crenellate, crenulate, cribble, crimp, cross-hatching, crosshatch, crowd, cue, cut, dado, damage, dance notation, dapple, dash, debt, deface, define, delimit, delineation, demarcate, demitint, demonstration, depiction, depictment, depression, derive, descant, diagonal, diagram, difference, dike, discolor, discoloration, ditch, divide, dope out, dot, dotted line, dozen, dozens, draft, drag down, drama, draw, drawing, due, dues, dun, duodecimo, dupe, earmark, earn, edition, eighty, electronic music, eleven, enchase, engrave, engravement, engraving, enroll, enter, enter into possession, enumerate, essential facts, essentials, estimate, etch, etching, etude, excoriate, exemplification, exercise, expenditure, expense, extract roots, fall guy, fifteen, fifty, figuration, figure, figure in, figure out, file, financial commitment, five and twenty, flay, fleck, flick, floating debt, flock, flocks, flourish, flute, fluting, fortnight, forty, four and twenty, fourscore, fourscore and ten, fourteen, freckle, funded debt, furrow, gain, gash, gem-engraving, get, glass-cutting, glyptic, go, goal, goat, goffer, gouge, grade, graduate, grand slam, grave, graving, greenhorn, groove, ground, grounds, grudge, guiding light, guiding star, gull, gully, hachure, hack, hairline, half a hundred, half tint, harmonization, harmonize, harvest, hatch, hatching, herds, hieroglyphic, hit, hit it, hit the jackpot, hit the mark, hole, hole in one, home run, homer, hordes, host, hosts, hymnal, hymnbook, iconography, ideal, ideogram, illustration, imagery, imaging, impanel, impress, imprint, incidental music, incise, incision, income account, indebtedness, indebtment, indent, indentation, index, inscribe, inscript, inscription, inspiration, instrument, instrumental music, instrumental score, instrumentate, intention, invention, inventory, invoice, itemize, itemized bill, jag, jog, joggle, jot, keep score, kerf, knurl, latest, legion, legions, lentigo, letter, liability, libretto, limning, line, lineation, lines, lining, list, lithograph, lodestar, logogram, logograph, long dozen, lots, lute tablature, machicolate, macula, mainspring, make, make a hit, make a killing, make a mark, make an adaptation, make an impression, make out, make prints, manifest, map, mar, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, masses, matter, maturity, measure, melodize, microgroove, mill, millions, mole, motive, mottle, mug, multiply, multitudes, music, music paper, music roll, musical notation, musical score, musicalize, myriads, national debt, net, nevus, news, nick, ninety, nock, nocturne, nonagenarian, notation, notch, number, numbers, obligation, obtain, octogenarian, opera, opera score, opus, orchestral score, orchestrate, orchestration, outstanding debt, packs, part, patch, patsy, pencil, pepper, piano score, picot, pictogram, picturization, piece, pigeonhole, pink, plan, playbook, pleat, pledge, plow, point, polka dot, poop, portraiture, portrayal, post, prefigurement, presentment, price, price tag, prick, principle, print, printing, procure, product, production, program, program music, projection, prosper, provision account, provocation, public debt, pull down, punch, punctuate, puncture, put to music, quantity, quindecennial, quindecim, quindecima, quindene, rabbet, rate, rationale, reach, realization, realize, ream out, reap, reason, reckon, reckoning, record, register, rendering, rendition, repay, representation, retaliate, revenue account, ricercar, riddle, rifle, rifling, ring the bell, rout, ruck, running account, rut, sack, sake, sales account, scallop, scar, scarification, scarify, scathe, scenario, scene plot, schedule, schema, scoop, scorch, score a success, scores, scoring, scotch, scourge, scrape, scratch, scratching, script, sculpture, seal, seam, secure, selling account, septuagenarian, serrate, serration, set, set to music, seventy, sexagenarian, sexagenary, sexagesimo-quarto, sheet music, shoals, shooting script, short score, side, sitting duck, situation, sixteen, sixteenmo, sixty, sixty-four, sixty-fourmo, slam, slash, slashing, slit, sonata, sonatina, songbook, songster, source, speck, speckle, splash, splotch, spot, spring, stain, stamp, statement, status quo, stigma, stigmatize, stipple, stippling, stock account, story, strawberry mark, streak, streaking, stria, striate, striation, strike, string orchestra, string quartet, strip, stripe, striping, stroke, study, sublineation, subtract, succeed, sucker, sulcation, sulcus, sum, summary, summation, suspense account, swarms, syllabary, symbol, tab, tablature, tabulate, take, take account of, tale, tally, tattoo, tattoo mark, tear to pieces, teens, text, the bottom line, the data, the details, the dope, the facts, the information, the particulars, the picture, the scoop, the specifics, the story, the whole story, theme and variations, thirteen, thirty-two, thirty-twomo, threescore, threescore and ten, thrive, tick, tick off, tint, tittle, tool, tooling, tooth, total, touchdown, trace, transcribe, transcript, transcription, transpose, trench, trio, triumph, trough, turn up trumps, twelve, twelvemo, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-four, twenty-fourmo, two dozen, two weeks, twoscore, type-cutting, ulterior motive, uncollectibles, underline, underlining, underscore, underscoring, unfulfilled pledge, valuation account, variation, version, victim, virgule, vocal score, vocation, watermark, well-worn groove, whole, win, word, work, work out, wrinkle, write, writing, written music, x number

ROGET THESAURUS

score

Numeration

VB number, count, tally, tell, call over, run over, take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate, sum, sum up, cast up, tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute, add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract roots, algebraize, check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock, affix numbers to, page, amount to, add up to, come to.

List

N list, catalog, catalogue, inventory, register, account, bill, bill of costs, terrier, tally, listing, itemization, atlas, book, ledger, catalogue raisonne, tableau, invoice, bill of lading, prospectus, bill of fare, menu, carte, score, census, statistics, returns, contents, table of contents, outline, synopsis, checklist, table, chart, database, index, inverted file, word list, concordance, dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, glossary, thesaurus, file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book, Red book, Blue book, Domesday book, cadastre, directory, gazetter, almanac, army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list, Almanach de Gotha, cadaster, Lloyd's register, nautical almanac, who's who, Guiness's Book of World Records, roll, check roll, checker roll, bead roll, muster roll, muster book, roster, panel, jury list, cartulary, diptych, cadastral.

Success

N success, successfulness, speed, advance, trump card, hit, stroke, score, lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke, direct hit, bull's eye, goal, point, touchdown, home run, homer, hole-in-one, grand slam, killing, windfall bold stroke, master stroke, ten strike, coup de maitre, checkmate, half the battle, prize, profit, continued success, good fortune, time well spent, advantage over, upper hand, whip hand, ascendancy, mastery, expugnation, conquest, victory, subdual, subjugation, triumph, proficiency, conqueror, victor, winner, master of the situation, master of the position, top of the heap, king of the hill, achiever, success, success story, succeeding, successful, prosperous, triumphant, flushed with success, crowned with success, victorious, on top, set up, in the ascendant, unbeaten (beat), well-spent, felicitous, effective, in full swing, successfully, well flying colors, in triumph, swimmingly, a merveille, beyond all hope, to some purpose, to good purpose, to one's heart's content, veni vidi vici, the day being one's own, one's star in the ascendant, omne tulit punctum, bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria, cede repugnanti cedendo victor abibis, chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune, dies faustus, l'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la mort, omnia vincit amor, love conquers all, peace hath her victories no less renowned than war, the race by vigor not by vaunts is won, vincit qui patitur, vincit qui se vincit, The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

Five

N five, five, cinque, quint, quincux, six, half-a- dozen, half dozen, seven, eight, nine, three times three, dicker, ten, decade, eleven, twelve, dozen, thirteen, long dozen, baker's dozen, quintuplet, twenty, score, twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen, twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred, forty, two score, fifty, half a hundred, sixty, three score, seventy, three score and ten, eighty, four score, ninety, fourscore and ten, sestiad, hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century, hundredweight, cwt, one hundred and forty-four, gross, thousand, chiliad, millennium, thousand years, grand, myriad, ten thousand, ban, man, ten thousand years, banzai, lac, one hundred thousand, plum, million, thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion, five, quinary, quintuple, fifth, senary, sextuple, sixth, seventh, septuple, octuple, eighth, ninefold, ninth, tenfold, decimal, denary, decuple, tenth, eleventh, duodenary, duodenal, twelfth, in one's 'teens, thirteenth, vicesimal, vigesimal, twentieth, twenty-fourth, vicenary, vicennial, centuple, centuplicate, centennial, centenary, centurial, secular, hundredth, thousandth.

Credit

N credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account, letter of credit, circular note, duplicate, mortgage, lien, debenture, paper credit, floating capital, draft, lettre de creance, securities, creditor, lender, lessor, mortgagee, dun, usurer, credit account, line of credit, open line of credit, credit card, crediting, credited, accredited, on credit, on account, to the account of, to the credit of, a compte.

Debt

N debt, obligation, liability, indebtment, debit, score, bill, check, account (credit), arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency, bad debt, interest, premium, usance, usury, floating debt, floating capital, debtor, debitor, mortgagor, defaulter, borrower, indebted, liable, chargeable, answerable for, in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties, incumbered, involved, involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt, deeply involved, fast tied up, insolvent, minus, out of pocket, unpaid, unrequited, unrewarded, owing, due, in arrear, outstanding, past due, aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit, neither a borrower nor a lender be.

Accounts

N accounts, accompts, commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic, statistics, money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account, books, account book, ledger, day book, cash book, pass book, journal, debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account, account current, balance, balance sheet, compte rendu, account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts, profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts, bookkeeping, accounting, double entry bookkeeping, reckoning, audit, accountant, auditor, actuary, bookkeeper, bean counter, financier, accounting party, chartered accountant, certified accountant, accounting firm, auditing firm, monetary, accountable, accounting.

Furrow

N furrow, groove, rut, sulcus, scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit, chamfer, fluting, corduroy road, cradle hole, channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, dyke, moat, fosse, trough, kennel, ravine, tajo, thank-ye-ma'am, furrowed, ribbed, striated, sulcated, fluted, canaliculated, bisulcous, bisulcate, bisulcated, canaliferous, trisulcate, corduroy, unisulcate, costate, rimiform.

Music

N music, concert, strain, tune, air, melody, aria, arietta, piece of music, work, number, opus, sonata, rondo, rondeau, pastorale, cavatina, roulade, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza, cadence, fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, notturno, dithyramb, opera, operetta, oratorio, composition, movement, stave, passamezzo, toccata, Vorspiel, instrumental music, full score, minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra, concerted piece, potpourri, capriccio, vocal music, vocalism, chaunt, chant, psalm, psalmody, hymn, song, canticle, canzonet, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo, solfeggio, Lydian measures, slow music, slow movement, adagio, minuet, siren strains, soft music, lullaby, dump, dirge, pibroch, martial music, march, dance music, waltz, solo, duet, duo, trio, quartet, quartett, septett, part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale, antiphon, antiphony, accompaniment, second, bass, score, bourdon, drone, morceau, terzetto, composer, musician, musical, instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic, harmonious, Wagnerian, adagio, largo, larghetto, andante, andantino, alla capella, maestoso, moderato, allegro, allegretto, spiritoso, vivace, veloce, presto, prestissimo, con brio, capriccioso, scherzo, scherzando, legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando, affettuoso, obbligato, pizzicato, desto, in notes by distance made more sweet, like the faint exquisite music of a dream, music arose with its voluptuous swell, music is the universal language of mankind, music's golden tongue, the speech of angels, will sing the savageness out of a bear, music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.

Teaching

N teaching, instruction, edification, education, tuition, tutorage, tutelage, direction, guidance, opsimathy, qualification, preparation, training, schooling, discipline, excitation, drill, practice, book exercise, persuasion, proselytism, propagandism, propaganda, indoctrination, inculcation, inoculation, advise, explanation, lesson, lecture, sermon, apologue, parable, discourse, prolection, preachment, chalk talk, Chautauqua, exercise, task, curriculum, course, course of study, grammar, three R's, initiation, A, B, C, elementary education, primary education, secondary education, technical education, college education, collegiate education, military education, university education, liberal education, classical education, religious education, denominational education, moral education, secular education, propaedeutics, moral tuition, gymnastics, calisthenics, physical drill, physical education, sloyd, phonics, rote, rote memorization, brute memory, cooperative learning, Montessori method, ungraded classes, test, examination, exam, final exam, mid-term exam grade, score, marks, A, B, C, D, E, F, gentleman's C, pass, fail, incomplete, homework, take-home lesson, exercise for the student, theme, project, teaching, taught, educational, scholastic, academic, doctrinal, disciplinal, instructive, instructional, didactic, propaedeutic, propaedeutical, the schoolmaster abroad, a bovi majori disscit arare minor, adeo in teneris consuecere multum est, docendo discimus, quaenocent docent, qui docet discit, sermons in stones and good in everything.

Indication

N indication, symbolism, symbolization, semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics, Zeitgeist, characteristic, diagnostic, lineament, feature, trait, fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint, cloven hoof, footfall, recognition (memory), diagnostic, divining rod, detector, sign, symbol, index, indice, indicator, point, pointer, exponent, note, token, symptom, dollar sign, dollar mark, type, figure, emblem, cipher, device, representation, epigraph, motto, posy, gesture, gesticulation, pantomime, wink, glance, leer, nod, shrug, beck, touch, nudge, dactylology, dactylonomy, freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show, cue, hint, clue, clew, key, scent, signal, signal post, rocket, blue light, watch fire, watch tower, telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff, cresset, fiery cross, calumet, heliograph, guidon, headlight, mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick, print, imprint, impress, impression, keyboard symbols, printing symbols, red letter, italics, sublineation, underlining, bold font, jotting, note, annotation, reference, blaze, cedilla, guillemets, hachure, quotation marks, ", double quotes, " ", parentheses, "( )", brackets, "", braces, "", left arrow, "<", right arrow, ">", forward slash, "/", backward slash, "\", exclamation point, "!", commercial at, "@", pound sign, "#", percent sign, "%", carat, "", ampersand, "&", asterisk, "*", hyphen, "-", dash, "-", "_", em dash, "--", plus sign, "+", equals sign, "=", question mark, "?", period, ", ", semicolon, ", ", colon, ":", comma, ", ", apostrophe, "'", single quote, "'", tilde, "~", badge, criterion, countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil, duplicate, tally, label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop, dib, totem, tessera, card, bill, witness, voucher, stamp, cacher, trade mark, Hall mark, signature, mark, autograph, autography, attestation, hand, hand writing, sign manual, cipher, seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal, paraph, brand, superscription, indorsement, endorsement, password, watchword, catchword, security card, pass, passkey, credentials, open sesame, timbrology, mot de passe, mot du guet, pass-parole, shibboleth, title, heading, docket, address card, visiting card, carte de visite, insignia, banner, banneret, bannerol, bandrol, flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme, figurehead, ensign, pennon, pennant, pendant, burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack, banderole, old glory, quarantine flag, vexillum, yellow-flag, yellow jack, tricolor, stars and stripes, bunting, heraldry, crest, coat of arms, arms, armorial bearings, hatchment, escutcheon, scutcheon, shield, supporters, livery, uniform, cockade, epaulet, chevron, garland, love knot, favor, beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock, guidepost, handpost, fingerpost, directing post, signpost, pillars of Hercules, pharos, bale-fire, beacon-fire, l'etoile du Nord, landmark, seamark, lighthouse, balize, polestar, loadstar, lodestar, cynosure, guide, address, direction, name, sign, signboard, warning, omen, prefigurement, trace, record, warning &c, alarm, scepter, trophy, gauge, milestone, milepost, brand, fool's cap, check, telltale, test, mileage ticket, milliary, notification, advertisement, word of command, call, bugle call, trumpet call, bell, alarum, cry, battle cry, rallying cry, angelus, reveille, sacring bell, sanctus bell, exposition &c (explanation), proof, pattern, indicating, indicative, indicatory, denotative, connotative, diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial, individual, known by, recognizable by, indicated, pointed, marked, denotable, indelible, in token of, symbolically, in dumb show, ecce signum, ex ungue leonem, ex pede Herculem, vide ut supra, vultus ariete fortior.

VB indicate, be the sign, of, denote, betoken, argue, testify, bear the impress, of, connote, connotate, represent, stand for, typify, symbolize, put an indication, put a mark, note, mark, stamp, earmark, blaze, label, ticket, docket, dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk, print, imprint, impress, engrave, stereotype, make a sign, signalize, underscore, give a signal, hang out a signal, beckon, nod, wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink, gesticulate, raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand, saw the air, suit the action to the word, wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner, wave the hand, wave a kerchief, give the cue, show one's colors, give an alarm, sound an alarm, beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry, sign, seal, attest, underline, call attention to, give notice.