48

1. 1.

   being eight more than forty

   Synonymsforty-eightxlviii

   Similarcardinal

Questions about 48

What does 48 mean?

48 means "being eight more than forty".

What is another word for 48?

Close synonyms include forty-eight, xlviii. 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 48 a common word?

48 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.