72

1. 1.

   being two more than seventy

   Synonymsseventy-twolxxii

   Similarcardinal

Questions about 72

What does 72 mean?

72 means "being two more than seventy".

What is another word for 72?

Close synonyms include seventy-two, lxxii. 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 72 a common word?

72 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.