at-sign

Address symbol online

The at-sign (@) is the typographical symbol used primarily in email addresses to separate the user name from the domain: Send it to jane@example.com.

Before email made it ubiquitous, the symbol appeared mainly in commercial contexts to mean "at the rate of" in pricing: 3 widgets @ $5 each.

On social media platforms, the at-sign precedes usernames to tag or mention someone directly.

It is also called the at symbol or simply at.

social media

mention

Brief verbal acknowledgment

  • tagIdentifier or classifier
  • handlePart for gripping
  • usernameAccount identification string

profile · Twitter · Instagram · reply · notification · follower · retweet · DM · influencer · verified

addressing

email address

Electronic contact identifier

syntax · format · mailto · hyperlink · URL · contact · directory

symbol

ampersand

Symbol for "and"

  • asteriskTypographical reference mark
  • hashChopped mixture, cooked together
  • percentRate per hundred

caret · underscore · tilde · character · glyph · keyboard · punctuation · typography · ASCII · special character

email

inbox

Message receiving folder

subject · attachment · forward · reply · cc · draft · spam · filter · notification · unsubscribe

Family

sign, signs, signed, signing, signer, signers, signal, signals, signage

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G