terminal

terminal is a 8-letter English word with 13 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.
2. noun. Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.
3. noun. That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.
4. noun. Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.
5. noun. station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

   Synonyms: depot, terminus

6. noun. a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

   Synonyms: pole

7. noun. electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
8. noun. either extremity of something that has length

   "the end of the pier"

   "she knotted the end of the thread"

   Synonyms: end

9. adjective. causing or ending in or approaching death

   "a terminal patient"

   "terminal cancer"

10. adjective. occurring at or forming an end or termination

    "his concluding words came as a surprise"

    "the final chapter"

    Synonyms: concluding, final, last

11. adjective. being or situated at an end

    "the endmost pillar"

    "terminal buds on a branch"

12. adjective. relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time

    "terminal examinations"

    "terminal payments"

13. adjective. of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route

    "freight pickup is a terminal service"

    "terminal charges"

Synonyms

depot, terminus, pole, end, concluding, final, last

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in terminal:

tramline

Common word forms

terminals, terminally

Words from these letters

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