Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fingering

2 senses of fingering

Sense 1
fingering -- (the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument)
       => placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement -- (the act of putting something in a certain place)

Sense 2
fingering -- (touching something with the fingers)
       => touch, touching -- (the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb finger

4 senses of finger

Sense 1
finger, thumb -- (feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book")
       => touch -- (make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband")

Sense 2
feel, finger -- (examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater")

Sense 3
finger -- (search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons")
       => search, seek, look for -- (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county")

Sense 4
finger -- (indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments)
       => indicate, point, designate, show -- (indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents")