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

3 senses of fingerprint

Sense 1
fingerprint -- (a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations)
       => mark, print -- (a visible indication made on a surface; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere")
       => biometric identification, biometric authentication, identity verification -- (the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot")

Sense 2
fingerprint -- (a generic term for any identifying characteristic; "that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it")
       => identification -- (evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing)

Sense 3
fingermark, fingerprint -- (a smudge made by a (dirty) finger)
       => smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur -- (a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek")

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

1 sense of fingerprint

Sense 1
fingerprint -- (take an impression of a person's fingerprints)
       => reproduce -- (make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting")