Definitions For Compass

noun

  • Navigational instrument for finding directions
  • Drafting instrument used for drawing circles
  • An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
  • The limit of capability

verb

  • Get the meaning of something
  • Travel around, either by plane or ship
  • Bring about; accomplish
  • A device that is used to find direction by means of a needle that always points north
  • Something that helps a person make choices about what is right, effective, etc.
  • A tool that consists of two pointed sticks joined at the top and that is used for measuring distances

Is Compass a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
16

The word Compass is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Compass in a Sentence

  • Attempting more than his modest abilities could compass
  • The great age of exploration, when ships of sail compassed the earth
  • He always carries a compass when he walks in the woods.
  • His religion is the compass that guides him.
  • Interest rates serve as a compass for determining whether to buy or sell stocks.

Synonyms for Compass

Antonyms for Compass

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