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

2 senses of obelisk

Sense 1
obelisk -- (a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top)
       => column, pillar -- (a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument))

Sense 2
dagger, obelisk -- (a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote)
       => character, grapheme, graphic symbol -- (a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters")