Synonyms for six
Another word for six is half dozen, half-dozen or vi. Below are 12 synonyms and 6 related words across 3 senses.
Also searched as: sixes.
1. adjective: being one more than five
- half dozen
- half-dozen
- vi
- cardinal synonyms
2. noun: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
- half a dozen synonyms
- sextet
- sixer
- sise
- sestet
- sextuplet
- hexad
3. noun: a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips
- six-spot
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What is another word for six?
You can say half dozen, half-dozen, vi, cardinal or half a dozen instead of six. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "being one more than five".
What is the opposite of six?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for six; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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