question mark

Noun

Meaning

a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

enigma query comma interrogative conundrum puzzler interrogatory quodlibet brain-teaser punctuation mark second thought interrogation point

Hypernyms

punctuation punctuation mark

Examples

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. Bertrand Russell

A tired exclamation mark is a question mark. Stanisław Jerzy Lec

It meant nothing to him any longer, only a faint tinge of sadness--and somewhere within him, a drop of pain moving briefly and vanishing, like a raindrop on the glass of a window, its course in the shape of a question mark. Ayn Rand

The reason there's a question mark on my front door is just in case I forget my address. Leslie Nielsen

Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark. James Rollins

Sex is a big question mark. It is something people will talk about forever. Catherine Deneuve

Close letter words and terms

question box question extraordinaire question for effect question marks question master question of fact