Words that rhyme with point

  • disappoint
    v 1: fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" [syn: disappoint, let down]
  • flashpoint
    n 1: point at which something is ready to blow up [syn: flash point, flashpoint] 2: the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air [syn: flash point, flashpoint]
  • anoint
    v 1: choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group" 2: administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing [syn: anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate]
  • joint
    adj 1: united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners" [ant: separate] 2: affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax return"; "joint ownership" 3: involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress" n 1: (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) [syn: joint, articulation, articulatio] 2: a disreputable place of entertainment 3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction] 4: a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion [syn: roast, joint] 5: junction by which parts or objects are joined together 6: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick, spliff] v 1: fit as if by joints; "The boards fit neatly" 2: provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood" [syn: joint, articulate] 3: fasten with a joint 4: separate (meat) at the joint
  • appoint
    v 1: create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee" [syn: appoint, name, nominate, constitute] 2: assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" [syn: appoint, charge] 3: furnish; "a beautifully appointed house"
  • checkpoint
    n 1: a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
  • conjoint
    adj 1: consisting of two or more associated entities; "the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors"; "social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government"- J.K.Fairbank [syn: conjoined, conjoint]
  • counterpoint
    n 1: a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies v 1: to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities" [syn: contrast, counterpoint] 2: write in counterpoint; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"
  • disjoint
    adj 1: having no elements in common v 1: part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" [syn: disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint] 2: separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it" [syn: disjoint, disarticulate] 3: make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of [syn: disjoin, disjoint] [ant: bring together, join] 4: become separated, disconnected or disjoint [syn: disjoin, disjoint] [ant: conjoin, join]
  • endpoint
    n 1: a place where something ends or is complete [syn: end point, endpoint, termination, terminus]
  • gunpoint
    n 1: the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun" [syn: point, gunpoint]
  • midpoint
    n 1: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure [syn: center, centre, midpoint]
  • needlepoint
    n 1: lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern [syn: point lace, needlepoint] 2: embroidery consisting of allover embroidered canvas resembling tapestry [syn: needlepoint, needlepoint embroidery]
  • outpoint
    v 1: sail closer to the wind than 2: score more points than one's opponents [syn: outpoint, outscore]
  • pinpoint
    n 1: a very brief moment; "they were strangers sharing a pinpoint of time together" 2: a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky" [syn: speck, pinpoint] 3: the sharp point of a pin v 1: locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome" [syn: pinpoint, nail]
  • standpoint
    n 1: a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events" [syn: point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint]
  • viewpoint
    n 1: a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events" [syn: point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint] 2: a place from which something can be viewed; "from that vantage point he could survey the whole valley" [syn: vantage point, viewpoint]
  • repoint
    v 1: repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" [syn: point, repoint]
  • ballpoint
    n 1: a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper [syn: ballpoint, ballpoint pen, ballpen, Biro]
  • breakpoint
  • lapoint
  • lapointe
  • pierpoint
  • datapoint
  • reappoint
  • knifepoint
  • annoint

See also point definition and point synonyms