What is another word for footnotes?

Pronunciation: [fˈʊtnə͡ʊts] (IPA)

Footnotes are a valuable tool for writers when providing additional information or citing sources within their text. However, sometimes it's nice to switch up language and try out new synonyms to keep writing fresh. Some potential alternatives to the word "footnotes" include endnotes, marginalia, annotations, references, citations, notes, appendices, addenda, supplements, and postscripts. Each of these words conveys a slightly different meaning and can add nuance to your writing. For example, endnotes are similar to footnotes but are placed at the end of a document instead of at the bottom of the page. Marginalia refers to notes scribbled in the margins of a text. Whatever word you choose, using varied language will help keep your writing interesting and engaging.

What are the paraphrases for Footnotes?

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What are the hypernyms for Footnotes?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    references, annotations, endnotes, marginal notes, parenthetical remarks, source citations.

Usage examples for Footnotes

3. footnotes have been renumbered and moved to the end of the chapters in this text version.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
A student must, therefore, rely largely upon conversations which he can use but cannot cite as authorities, and the soundness of his conclusions must be measured less by his references in footnotes than by the judgment of the small portion of the public that knows at first-hand the things whereof he speaks.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
But in the footnotes to this book those relating to private business are referred to as S.O.P.B. The references are to the standing orders as revised in 1903, because a number of changes were made in that year in pursuance of the recommendations of the Select Committee of 1902. The statements in this chapter relate to the procedure in the House of Commons; for the practice in the House of Lords is so nearly the same in almost all essential points, that it is enough to indicate the more important differences in the text or in the notes.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell

Famous quotes with Footnotes

  • Sometimes it seems like there's more footnotes than text. This isn't something we're proud of, and over time we'd like to see our footnotes steadily shrink.
    Barry Diller
  • History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.
    Paul Eldridge
  • But this is an occupational hazard of being a scientist. You say this is the best information I have and then you realize that not everyone is going to read the footnotes or the whole book, so people are going to get the wrong impression.
    Bjorn Lomborg
  • Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.
    Vladimir Nabokov
  • So, that notion of hypertext seemed to me immediately obvious because footnotes were already the ideas wriggling, struggling to get free, like a cat trying to get out of your arms.
    Ted Nelson

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