wild card

Meaning

1. A card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.
2. A competitor or team that is allowed to compete in a tournament despite not reaching the normal standards to qualify for inclusion.
3. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of wildcard (“substituted text character”).
4. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of wildcard (“symbol for a generic sound”).

Synonyms

joker

wildcard

Translations

curinga

Joker

comodín

joker

métacaractère

Jokerzeichen

joker

jokerteken

caracter curinga

jolly

Stellvertretersymbol

Wildcard