fourth

1. 1.

   coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude

   “the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present”

   Synonyms4thquaternary

   Similarordinal

1. 1.

   in the fourth place

   “fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month”

   Synonymsfourthly

Other forms of fourth

plural

fourths·

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 fourth

What does fourth mean?

fourth means "following the third position; number four in a countable series". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fourth?

fourth has 1 syllable: fourth. In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹθ/.

What is another word for fourth?

Close synonyms include one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent. 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 fourth a common word?

fourth 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 fourth?

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