Five definition
Five is a noun meaning "the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one." It has 4 meanings, as a noun and an adjective, listed below.
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 4
- How common
- Everyday word
Five as a noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Same sense: fin, quintet, quint, cinque, pentad, quintuplet, fivesome
a team that plays basketball
Same sense: basketball team
a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
Same sense: five-spot
Five as an adjective
being one more than four
Same sense: v
Synonyms and antonyms
- fin
- quintet
- quint
- cinque
- pentad
- quintuplet
- fivesome
- basketball team
- five-spot
- v
How to say five
Five has 1 syllable and rhymes with live. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with five
FIVE in word games
- Scrabble
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Anagrams
- 0
Is FIVE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check FIVE in the word checker, or unscramble FIVE to see the shorter words in its letters.
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