Usually means: Indicator of future trends, leader.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. bellwether: Merriam-Webster
  2. bellwether: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bellwether: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bellwether: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bellwether: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bellwether, bellwether: Wordnik
  7. bellwether: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bellwether: Wiktionary
  9. bellwether: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bellwether: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bellwether: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. bellwether: Dictionary.com
  13. bellwether: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Bellwether (novel), Bellwether: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Bellwether: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. bellwether: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. bellwether: Rhymezone
  18. Bellwether: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. Bellwether, bellwether: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. bellwether: FreeDictionary.org
  21. bellwether: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. bellwether: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Bellwether: The Word Detective
  24. bellwether: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Bellwether: World Wide Words
  26. bellwether: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. bellwether: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  3. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  4. Bellwether: Investopedia
  5. Bellwether: Financial dictionary
  6. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bellwether: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bellwether)

▸ noun:  The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) Anything that indicates future trends.
▸ noun:  (finance, figuratively) A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition.

Similar:
bell-wether, bellweather, belle weather, cowbell, bellwether state, shepherd, bell cow, sheepfold, ovine, bell, more...

Phrases:
bellwether issues, Missouri bellwether, more...

Adjectives:
old, political, important, good, national, cultural, reliable, official, great, blind, restless

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Similar:
bell-wether, bellweather, belle weather, cowbell, bellwether state, shepherd, bell cow, sheepfold, ovine, bell, more...

Phrases:
bellwether issues, Missouri bellwether, more...

Adjectives:
old, political, important, good, national, cultural, reliable, official, great, blind, restless



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