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1. 1.

   being one more than nine

   Synonymsten10

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Other forms of x

plural

xes·

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 x

What does x mean?

x means "the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in x?

x has 1 syllable: x. In IPA it is /ˈɛks/.

What is another word for x?

Close synonyms include ten, 10, tenner, decade, ex. 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 x a common word?

x is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 x?

2 words rhyme with x. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.