indicant

1. 1.

   something that serves to indicate or suggest

   “an indication of foul play”

   “indications of strain”

   “symptoms are the prime indicants of disease”

   Synonymsindication

   Broadercommunication

   Narrowergestureevidencetracesymptomsignalizationpointing outmanifestationmarkglimpseharbinger
2. 2.

   a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time

   Synonymsindexindex numberindicator

   Broaderfact

   Narrowerbody mass indexbusiness indexleading indicatorprice indexshort accountstock index

Other forms of indicant

plural

indicants·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about indicant

What does indicant mean?

indicant means "something that serves to indicate or suggest". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indicant?

indicant has 3 syllables: in-di-cant. The stress falls on "in".

What is another word for indicant?

Close synonyms include indication, index, index number, indicator. 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 indicant a common word?

indicant 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.