question mark
Ends every interrogative
A question mark is the punctuation symbol (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question: Where are you going?
Figuratively, a question mark represents uncertainty or doubt: His future with the company is a question mark.
There's a big question mark hanging over the whole project.
Formal, probing examination
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- clauseProvision in agreement
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
exclamation · semicolon · comma · period · colon · quotation · bracket · ellipsis
Lack of firm belief
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- indecisionFailure to decide
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- perplexityMental state of confusion
confusion · vagueness · unclear · enigma · mystery · unknown · tentative · speculative
Pitch variation in speech
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
- incredulityInability to accept something
emphasis · doubt · perplexity · amazement · skepticism · bewilderment · disbelief · puzzlement
Amazement or curiosity
- inquisitivenessEager desire to learn
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
learning · investigation · knowledge · insight · understanding · awareness · novelty · imagination
Seek an answer
- probeThorough examination or tool
- inquireAsk for information
- investigateSeek facts systematically
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
examine · interview · scrutiny · explore · seek · clarify · enquiry · solicit
Convincing through reasoning
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
irony · emphasis · effect · dramatic · unanswered · implied · provocative · leading
Unimportant miscellaneous facts
- multiple-choiceFormat offering preset options
- answerSolution to query
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- contestOrganized competitive event
competition · brain-teaser · puzzle · game · challenge · jeopardy · quizmaster · round
interrogation
Formal, probing examination
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- clauseProvision in agreement
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
syntax · exclamation · semicolon · comma · period · colon · quotation · bracket · ellipsis · apostrophe
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- indecisionFailure to decide
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
perplexity · confusion · vagueness · unclear · enigma · mystery · unknown · tentative · speculative · unpredictable
intonation
Pitch variation in speech
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
incredulity · emphasis · doubt · perplexity · amazement · skepticism · bewilderment · disbelief · puzzlement · uptalk
wonder
Amazement or curiosity
- inquisitivenessEager desire to learn
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
eagerness · learning · investigation · knowledge · insight · understanding · awareness · novelty · imagination · pondering
ask
Seek an answer
- probeThorough examination or tool
- inquireAsk for information
- investigateSeek facts systematically
research · examine · interview · scrutiny · explore · seek · clarify · enquiry · solicit · interrogate
persuasion
Convincing through reasoning
sarcasm · irony · emphasis · effect · dramatic · unanswered · implied · provocative · leading · loaded
trivia
Unimportant miscellaneous facts
- multiple-choiceFormat offering preset options
- answerSolution to query
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
contest · competition · brain-teaser · puzzle · game · challenge · jeopardy · quizmaster · round · tiebreaker
- languagelanguage, word, words, grammar, spelling
- cartoon visualsaction lines, speech bubble, thought bubble, pow, bam
- mysteriesmystery, enigma, enigmas, puzzle, riddle
- punctuationperiod, comma, colon, apostrophe, semicolon
- symbolssymbols, runes, symbol, asterisks, national symbol
- uncertaintyuncertainty, uncertain, unknown, unsure, unclear
question markperiod
Punctuation ending sentences
full stop · exclamation point · exclamation mark · declarative sentence · statement
question markcertainty
Total absence of doubt
answer · sure thing · known quantity · foregone conclusion · resolution
question markanswer
Solution to query
assertion · statement · declaration · affirmation · pronouncement
mark, question, request, questioning, query, questionable, questioned, questioner, unquestionable