Finder
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfaɪndə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Finder is a noun meaning One who finds or discovers something; a discoverer.
Meaning
One who finds or discovers something; a discoverer.
More Meanings
- A device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest.
- (UK, historical) A person who picks up scraps and oddments to sell to make a living.
Example Sentences
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
The finder of treasure trove owns it against the landowner and everyone else except the true owner.
Perhaps some electrical finder could have been developed so delicate that it could have located the source of all this spreading joy and fortune.
Even the Whitechapel meat-market is less the scene of prey, for it is a series of shops, while Leadenhall presents many stalls, and the finders seem loath to enter shops without some plausible pretext.
Word Forms
- finders
Synonyms for finder
Depending on context, synonyms include discoverer, spotter, viewfinder.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include discoverer, spotter, viewfinder, search, investigator, locator.
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