Footnote
Footnote noun - A printed note placed below the text on a printed page.
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Synonyms for Footnote
Reference is a synonym for footnote in source topic. In some cases you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Footnote", when it comes to topics like note at bottom of document.
Nearby Words: footnoted, footnoting
Reference
Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.
Usage example: the author's argument is interesting, but the lack of references makes me wonder if it can be proven
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Synonyms for Reference
Footnote is a synonym for reference in note topic. You can use "Footnote" instead a noun "Reference", if it concerns topics such as citation, source.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- acknowledgment and footnote
- acknowledgment and reference
- tribute and footnote
- tribute and reference
- note and footnote
- note and reference
- remark and footnote
- remark and reference
- indication and footnote
- indication and reference
- authority and footnote
- authority and reference
- citation and footnote
- citation and reference
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Footnote Fever: There are tons of footnotes in A Princess By Any Other Name, adding more tidbits of humor for those who keep track of what the footnotes reference.
Source: Fanfic / Cadance Of Cloudsdale -
The Discworld novel Hogfather features a throwaway reference in a footnote to some confused aliens mutilating corn and forming cows into a circle.
Source: Aliens Steal Cattle - Footnote Fever: The new-series books use footnotes to reference (and shamelessly plug) the old-series novels.
Source: Literature / Myth Adventures
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