index finger

1. 1.

   the finger next to the thumb

   Synonymsindexforefinger

   Broaderfinger

Questions about index finger

What does index finger mean?

index finger means "the finger next to the thumb".

What is another word for index finger?

Close synonyms include index, forefinger. 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 index finger a common word?

index finger 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.