exponent

Meaning

1. One who expounds, represents or advocates.
2. The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2³=8.
3. (obsolete) The degree to which the root of a radicand is found, for example, the 2 in ^(2])√=b.
4. A manifestation of a morphosyntactic property.
5. The part of a floating-point number that represents its exponent value.

Synonyms

index

advocate

proponent

representative

index number

advocator

supporter

interpreter

agent

power

upholder

vindicator

follower

believer

exp

delegate

adherent

spokesman

substitute

deputy

gage

gauge

indexing

indicator

indices

indorser

instance

lawyer

lieutenant

master

model

mouth

mouthpiece

multiplicity

order

partizan

pattern

pointer

procurator

protagonist

prototype

proxy

represent

rooter

sample

seconder

showman

specimen

spokeswoman

step

subscriber

surrogate

truster

voice

votary

indicial

ratifier

index value

sample workpiece

index mark

adept

prototype sample

apologist

backer

business agent

camp follower

characteristic

compromiser

defender

disciple

endorser

example

executant

exemplar

explainer

explanatory

exponential

expounder

factor

forefinger

friend

Hyphenated as

ex‧po‧nent

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛkˈspəʊnənt/

Etymology

From Latin expōnēns, present participle of expōnō (“to expose; to exhibit, display, set out; to explain”), from ex- (“out, away”) + pōnō (“to lay, place, put”).