Six definition
Six is a noun meaning "the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one." It has 3 meanings, as a noun and an adjective, listed below.
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 3
- How common
- Everyday word
Six as a noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Same sense: half a dozen, sextet, sixer, sise, sestet, sextuplet, hexad
a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips
Same sense: six-spot
Six as an adjective
being one more than five
Same sense: half-dozen, half dozen, vi
Synonyms and antonyms
- half a dozen
- sextet
- sixer
- sise
- sestet
- sextuplet
- hexad
- six-spot
- half-dozen
- half dozen
- vi
How to say six
Six has 1 syllable and rhymes with politics. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with six
- politics
- fix
- mix
- picks
- tricks
- sticks
- kicks
- chicks
- bricks
- clicks
- dicks
- hicks
SIX in word games
- Scrabble
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Anagrams
- 1
Is SIX a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check SIX in the word checker, or unscramble SIX to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.
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