one-tenth

1. 1.

   a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts

   Synonymstenthtenth partten percent

   Broadercommon fraction

Questions about one-tenth

What does one-tenth mean?

one-tenth means "a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts".

How many syllables are in one-tenth?

one-tenth has 3 syllables: o-ne--tenth. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for one-tenth?

Close synonyms include tenth, tenth part, ten 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 one-tenth a common word?

one-tenth is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.