bullet point

Agenda item indicator

A bullet point is a typographical marker—a dot, dash, or symbol—used to introduce items in a list.

The term also refers to the item itself: Her résumé had six bullet points under each job.

Bullet points signal discrete, parallel pieces of information, making documents easier to scan.

To bullet-point something is to reduce it to such a list: Can you bullet-point the main takeaways?

formatting

list

Sequence of recorded items

checklist · dot · disc · circle · square · indentation · subitem · markup · glyph · symbol

Categories
Opposites
list format

bullet pointnumbered list

Ordered series with digits

number · numeral · ordinal · Roman numeral

prose style

bullet pointparagraph

Distinct section of text

narrative prose · essay form · block of text · wall of text

text structure

bullet pointparagraph

Distinct section of text

prose · body text · narrative · essay · block of text

Family

bullet, bullets, point, bulletproof, bulleted, bulleting, bullet points

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G