twenty-three

1. 1.

   the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-two and one

   Synonyms23XXIII

   Broaderlarge integer

1. 1.

   being three more than twenty

   Synonyms23xxiii

   Similarcardinal

Questions about twenty-three

What does twenty-three mean?

twenty-three means "the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-two and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twenty-three?

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

What is another word for twenty-three?

Close synonyms include 23, XXIII, 23, xxiii. 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-three a common word?

twenty-three 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-three?

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