twenty-one

1. 1.

   being one more than twenty

   Synonyms21xxi

   Similarcardinal

Questions about twenty-one

What does twenty-one mean?

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

How many syllables are in twenty-one?

twenty-one has 3 syllables: twen-ty--one. The stress falls on "twen". In IPA it is /ˈtwɛntiˌwɔn/.

What is another word for twenty-one?

Close synonyms include 21, XXI, blackjack, vingt-et-un, 21. 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 twenty-one a common word?

twenty-one is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 twenty-one?

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