six

1. 1.

   denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units

   Synonyms6vihalf dozenhalf-dozen

   Similarcardinal

Other forms of six

plural

sixes·

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 six

What does six mean?

six means "the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in six?

six has 1 syllable: six. In IPA it is /ˈsɪks/.

What is another word for six?

Close synonyms include 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks. 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 six a common word?

six 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.