seventy-two

1. 1.

   being two more than seventy

   Synonyms72lxxii

   Similarcardinal

Questions about seventy-two

What does seventy-two mean?

seventy-two means "being two more than seventy".

How many syllables are in seventy-two?

seventy-two has 4 syllables and divides as se-ven-ty--two under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for seventy-two?

Close synonyms include 72, lxxii. 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.