finder
Syllables: find·er/ˈfaɪndə/US/ˈfaɪndəɹ/
finder noun: one who finds or discovers something; a discoverer.
Noun
finder (plural finders)
- One who finds or discovers something; a discoverer.
- Finders keepers, losers weepers.
- The finder of treasure trove owns it against the landowner and everyone else except the true owner.2012, Alan R. Romero, Property Law For Dummies, page 229
- A device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest.
- Perhaps some electrical finder could have been developed so delicate that it could have located the source of all this spreading joy and fortune.1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
- A person who picks up scraps and oddments to sell to make a living.
- 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.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861
Proper noun capitalized: Finder
Finder (plural Finders)
- A surname from German.
finder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
finder in Hindi
- ढूँढने वाला, ढूँढनेवाला
finder in Tamil
- சிறுதொலை நோக்காடி
finder in Urdu
- یابندہ
finder in Bengali
- আবিষ্কর্তা
More languagesFewer languages
- finder in Telugu
- కనుగొనేవాడు, కనుగొన్నవాడు
- finder in Malayalam
- കണ്ടെത്തുന്നയാൾ
- finder in Kannada
- ಶೋಧಕ, ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿಯುವವನು
- finder in Punjabi
- ਲੱਭਣ ਵਾਲਾ
- finder in Gujarati
- શોધક, શોધનાર
Examples of finder in a sentence
- The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body.
- The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure.
- The finder was patriotic enough to accept a smaller bid from Dunedin Museum.
Forms of finder
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | finders |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Finders |
Origin of finder
From Middle English findere. By surface analysis, find + -er.
Borrowed from German Finder.
Words formed from finder
- Albada finder
- comet-finder
- ditchfinder
- factfinder
- fact-finder
- faultfinder
- finderlist
- finder of fact
- finderscope
- fire finder
- fishfinder
- gold-finder
- key finder
- object finder
- pathfinder
- pure finder
- radio direction finder
- range finder
- rangefinder
- rootfinder
- statefinder
- stud finder
- ugly-finder
- ugly finder
- viewfinder
- waterfinder
- wayfinder
- witchfinder
- witch-finder
Phrases with finder
Words that rhyme with finder
Questions about finder
- What does finder mean?
- Finder means one who finds or discovers something; a discoverer.
- What is finder in Hindi?
- Finder in Hindi is ढूँढने वाला, ढूँढनेवाला. See Finder meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is finder?
- Finder can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce finder?
- Finder is pronounced /ˈfaɪndə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of finder?
- The plural of finder is finders.
Words near finder in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: finder (page history and authors); Finder (page history and authors); finder (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); finder (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); finder (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); finder (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finder (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finder (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finder (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finder (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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