xx

Other forms of xx

plural

xxes·

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 xx

What does xx mean?

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

How many syllables are in xx?

xx has 1 syllable: xx.

What is another word for xx?

Close synonyms include twenty, 20, twenty, 20. 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 xx a common word?

xx is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.