eighty-eight

1. 1.

   being eight more than eighty

   Synonyms88lxxxviii

   Similarcardinal

Questions about eighty-eight

What does eighty-eight mean?

eighty-eight means "being eight more than eighty".

How many syllables are in eighty-eight?

eighty-eight has 2 syllables and divides as eigh-ty-eight under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for eighty-eight?

Close synonyms include 88, lxxxviii. 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.