42

1. 1.

   being two more than forty

   Synonymsforty-twoxlii

   Similarcardinal

Questions about 42

What does 42 mean?

42 means "being two more than forty".

What is another word for 42?

Close synonyms include forty-two, xlii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is 42 a common word?

42 is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.