eleven

1. 1.

   the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one

   Synonyms11XI

   Broaderlarge integer
2. 2.

   a team that plays football

   Synonymsfootball team

   Broaderteam

   Part offootball league

1. 1.

   being one more than ten

   Synonyms11xi

   Similarcardinal

Other forms of eleven

plural

elevens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eleven

What does eleven mean?

eleven means "the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eleven?

eleven has 3 syllables: e-lev-en. The stress falls on "lev". In IPA it is /ɪˈlɛvən/.

What is another word for eleven?

Close synonyms include 11, XI, football team, 11, xi. 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 eleven a common word?

eleven 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.

What rhymes with eleven?

1 word rhymes with eleven. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.