signal
signal is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action.
- noun. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
- adjective. Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence.
- adjective. Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer.
- transitive verb. To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders.
- transitive verb. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor.
- noun. any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
"signals from the boat suddenly stopped"
- noun. any incitement to action
"he awaited the signal to start"
"the victory was a signal for wild celebration"
- noun. an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
- verb. be a signal for or a symptom of
"These symptoms indicate a serious illness"
"Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"
- verb. communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
"He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"
"The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu"
- adjective. notably out of the ordinary
"the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party"
Synonyms
sign, signaling, bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signalise, signalize
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in signal:
algins, aligns, glanis, lasing, liangs, ligans, lingas, sangil
Common word forms
signals, signaled, signaler, signally, signaling, signalise, signality, signalize, signalled, signaller, signalling, signalment
Words from these letters
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