fifth

1. 1.

   coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

   Synonyms5th

   Similarordinal

Other forms of fifth

plural

fifths·

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 fifth

What does fifth mean?

fifth means "a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fifth?

fifth has 1 syllable: fifth. In IPA it is /ˈfɪfθ/.

What is another word for fifth?

Close synonyms include one-fifth, fifth part, twenty percent, 5th. 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 fifth a common word?

fifth 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.