finger-posts
Pointing road signs
Finger-posts are signposts with one or more arms shaped like pointing fingers, indicating directions to places.
Common at rural crossroads before modern road signs, they typically show destination names and distances.
Figuratively, anything that points the way: Her early experiments were finger-posts toward her later discoveries.
Way something faces
- waymarkerSign indicating route direction
- signpostRoadside directional guide
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- trail markerSign indicating route direction
arrow · pointing · junction · milestone · guidepost · road sign · intersection · wayfinding
Mark conveying information
- omenProphetic indicator
- portentSign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- indicatorSign revealing status
signal · herald · precursor · foreshadowing · marker · milestone · turning point · watershed
Way something faces
- pointerReference to memory location
- indicatorSign revealing status
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- navigationDetermining position and course
orientation · instruction · clue · hint · lead · suggestion · reference point · bearing
direction
Way something faces
- waymarkerSign indicating route direction
- signpostRoadside directional guide
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
trail marker · arrow · pointing · junction · milestone · guidepost · road sign · intersection · wayfinding · destination
sign
Mark conveying information
indicator · signal · herald · precursor · foreshadowing · marker · milestone · turning point · watershed · landmark
direction
Way something faces
navigation · orientation · instruction · clue · hint · lead · suggestion · reference point · bearing · heading
finger-postsmilestones
Notable points of progress
mileposts · mile markers · boundary stones · survey markers · benchmarks
finger-postsdead ends
Routes with no exit
blind alleys · labyrinths · mazes · uncharted territory · wildernesses
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