case in point

1. 1.

   an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

   Synonymsprecedent

   Broaderexample

Questions about case in point

What does case in point mean?

case in point means "an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time".

What is another word for case in point?

Close synonyms include precedent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is case in point a common word?

case in point is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.