five

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: 5VcinquequintquintetfivesomequintupletpentadfinPhoebeLittle Phoebebasketball team

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and oneSynonyms: 5VcinquequintquintetfivesomequintupletpentadfinPhoebeLittle Phoebe
  2. a team that plays basketballSynonyms: basketball team
  3. a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pipsSynonyms: five-spot

Adjective (1)

  1. being one more than fourSynonyms: 5v
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Five \Five\ (f[imac]v), n.

1.The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects. [1913 Webster]

Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.— Matt. xxv. 2.[1913 Webster]

2.A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V. [1913 Webster]

Five \Five\ (f[imac]v), a. [OE. fif, five, AS. f[imac]f, f[imac]fe; akin to D. vijf, OS. f[imac]f, OHG. finf, funf, G. f["u]nf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. c['o]ic, L. quinque, Gr. pe`nte, [AE]ol. pe`mpe, Skr. pa[~n]can. [root]303. Cf. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary.] Four and one added; one more than four. [1913 Webster]

Five nations (Ethnol.), a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York. [1913 Webster]

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