fingerlike

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adjective

Resembling a finger, especially in shape.

Similar
fingerydigitiformdigitatefingered
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English finger →
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Meanings

adjectivefingerlike (comparative more fingerlike, superlative most fingerlike)

comparative more fingerlike · superlative most fingerlike

  1. Resembling a finger, especially in shape.

    From large and round to egg-shaped, to small and thin and even fingerlike, eggplants have been catching on in Toronto kitchens.

    2009 January 14, Habeeb Salloum, “The rise of the eggplant”, in Toronto Star

    Synonyms: fingery, digitiform

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling a finger, especially in shape.

Similar
fingerydigitiform

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveresembling a finger

Similar
digitatefingered
Also see
digitatedigitiformfingeredfingery

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishfinger
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishfingerlike

From finger + -like.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

fingerlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerlike

MLA

“fingerlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fingerlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerlike.

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