8

1. 1.

   being one more than seven

   Synonymseightviii

   Similarcardinal

Questions about 8

What does 8 mean?

8 means "the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for 8?

Close synonyms include eight, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad. 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 8 a common word?

8 is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.