💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Question mark"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| interrogation pointnoun | A question mark. |
| interrogativenoun | (grammar) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc. |
| interrogative-pointnoun | (typography, obsolete) Synonym of question mark ⟨?⟩. |
| inverted question marknoun | The punctuation mark "¿", which is placed at the beginning of questions in Spanish and, less commonly, Catalan, and in some languages that have cultural ties with Spain. |
| punctus percontativusnoun | A reversed question mark (⸮), visually almost identical to the Arabic question mark (؟ (?)), used to mark the end of a percontative statement. |
| interrogation marknoun | A question mark. |
| end marknoun | (grammar) A punctuation mark occurring at the end of a clause or sentence. |
| interpunctnoun | (typography) The punctuation mark ⟨·⟩. |
| exclamation marknoun | The punctuation mark “!” (generally used to denote excitement, surprise or shock). |
| iteration marknoun | (linguistics) A punctuation mark or character used as a substitute for a repeated word or character; depending on the language, it may be considered informal, or only for use in handwritten text. |
| punctus interrogativusnoun | (palaeography) A medieval question mark, ⟨⹔⟩, possibly the ancestor of the modern mark ⟨?⟩. |
| punctuation marknoun | Any of various symbols used in writing and printing to indicate pauses, divisions, etc. and to aid the reader in understanding what is written. |
| irony marknoun | The proposed punctuation mark ؟ or ⸮, used to suggest irony or sarcasm in a question. |
| quotemarknoun | Alternative form of quote mark. [(informal) A quotation mark; a quote.] |
| interrobangnoun | The nonstandard punctuation mark ⟨‽⟩ (a combination of ⟨?⟩ and ⟨!⟩), which may be used at the end of a sentence to express excitement or disbelief, or to indicate that it is a rhetorical question. |
| pausenoun | A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. |
| accent marknoun | (linguistics, strictly) A diacritical mark or character used in writing to indicate the place of stress (spoken accent), or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked (such as long vowel versus short vowel). |
| ellipsisnoun | (typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues. |
| quote marknoun | (informal) A quotation mark; a quote. |
| exclamation pointnoun | (US) The symbol !; an exclamation mark. |
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