FINDER
Dictionary entry overview: What does finder mean?
• FINDER (noun)
The noun FINDER has 3 senses:
1. someone who comes upon something after searching
2. someone who is the first to observe something
3. optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
Familiarity information: FINDER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FINDER (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who comes upon something after searching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("finder" is a kind of...):
quester; searcher; seeker (someone making a search or inquiry)
Meaning:
Someone who is the first to observe something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
discoverer; finder; spotter
Hypernyms ("finder" is a kind of...):
beholder; observer; perceiver; percipient (a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "finder"):
co-discoverer (someone who is the first of two or more people to discover something)
Meaning:
Optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
view finder; viewfinder; finder
Hypernyms ("finder" is a kind of...):
optical device (a device for producing or controlling light)
Holonyms ("finder" is a part of...):
camera; photographic camera (equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other))
gun-sight; gunsight (a sight used for aiming a gun)
scope; telescope (a magnifier of images of distant objects)
