name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
finder
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪndə/
-
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
General-American: /ˈfaɪndəɹ/
-
rhymes with -aɪndə(ɹ)
-
CMU ARPABET: F AY1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who finds or discovers something; a discoverer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A person who picks up scraps and oddments to sell to make a living.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: viewfinder, view finder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: optical device
noun
Meaning 6
someone who is the first to observe something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discoverer, spotter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder
Narrower terms: co-discoverer
noun
Meaning 7
someone who comes upon something after searching
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seeker, searcher, quester
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Finder.
From Middle English findere. By surface analysis, find + -er.