footprints
Marks in sand
Footprints are the marks left by feet on a surface—in sand, snow, mud, or dust.
The word extends to any trace of presence or passage: a carbon footprint measures environmental impact, a digital footprint tracks online activity.
The footprints in the snow led to the back door.
We need to reduce our carbon footprint.
Effect on the mind
- tracksMarks showing passage
- footmarksVisible traces from walking
- footstepsSounds of walking
- shoeprintsImpressions left by footwear
pawprints · hoofprints · treadmarks · indentation · mark · outline · depression · tread
Hints toward answers
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- proofDemonstration of truth
- signsDisplays conveying information
DNA · fingerprint · investigation · crime scene · detective · residue · analysis · identification
Forceful contact or consequence
- influencePower to affect others
- markVisible impression or sign
- lastingContinuing through time
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
contribution · history · memory · achievement · posterity · descendants · generations · enduring
Facts for analysis
- privacyFreedom from observation
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- onlineNetwork-connected state
- cookiesSmall sweet baked goods
browser · surveillance · metadata · internet · social media · trace · history · analytics
Route for traveling
- trailPath through wilderness
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
trek · passage · traveler · wanderer · steps · walked · traveled · followed
Substances released into air
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
environment · impact · reduction · calculator · neutral · ecological · conservation · consumption
impression
Effect on the mind
shoeprints · pawprints · hoofprints · treadmarks · indentation · mark · outline · depression · tread · sole
clues
Hints toward answers
signs · DNA · fingerprint · investigation · crime scene · detective · residue · analysis · identification · suspect
impact
Forceful contact or consequence
heritage · contribution · history · memory · achievement · posterity · descendants · generations · enduring · trace
data
Facts for analysis
cookies · browser · surveillance · metadata · internet · social media · trace · history · analytics · profile
path
Route for traveling
- trailPath through wilderness
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
pilgrimage · trek · passage · traveler · wanderer · steps · walked · traveled · followed · retraced
emissions
Substances released into air
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
climate · environment · impact · reduction · calculator · neutral · ecological · conservation · consumption · waste
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- kids craftsfinger paint, finger painting, crayons, coloring, construction paper
- baby bookfirst steps, first words, first smile, first tooth, birth weight
- markingsspots, specks, speckles, lines, dots
- Prints & Impressionsfingerprints, handprints, wax seals, bird tracks, tracks
- sleuthingclues, detective work, evidence gathering, fingerprints, investigation
footprintsfingerprints
Ridge patterns identifying individuals
handprints · palm prints · tire tracks · lip prints · hoofprints
footprintsno trace
footprintserasure
Act of wiping away
oblivion · anonymity · forgottenness · impermanence · transience
- dinosaur footprintsPreserved prehistoric reptile tracks
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
- digital footprintTraceable internet activity history
- small footprintRequiring minimal area
- ecological footprintMeasure of resource demand
- tiny footprint