nine

1. 1.

   denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten

   Synonyms9ix

   Similarcardinal

Other forms of nine

plural

nines·

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 nine

What does nine mean?

nine means "the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nine?

nine has 1 syllable: nine. In IPA it is /ˈnaɪn/.

What is another word for nine?

Close synonyms include 9, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead. 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 nine a common word?

nine is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 nine?

5 words rhyme with nine. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.