point of view

Questions about point of view

What does point of view mean?

point of view means "a mental position from which things are viewed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for point of view?

Close synonyms include viewpoint, stand, standpoint. 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 point of view a common word?

point of view is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.