pointer

Other forms of pointer

plural

pointers·

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 pointer

What does pointer mean?

pointer means "a mark to indicate a direction or relation". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pointer?

pointer has 2 syllables: poin-ter. The stress falls on "poin". In IPA it is /ˈpɔɪntɚ/.

What is another word for pointer?

Close synonyms include arrow, cursor, Spanish pointer. 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 pointer a common word?

pointer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.