Synonyms of the word four


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four

  • num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many…
  • num. Describing a set or group with four components.
  • n. (countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
  • n. (countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.
  • n. A person who is four years old.
  • n. (cricket, countable) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing…
  • n. (basketball, countable) A power forward.
  • n. (rowing) Quadruple sculls.
  • n. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.

cardinal

  • adj. Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
  • adj. (nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
  • adj. Describing a "natural" number used to indicate quantity (e.g., one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal…
  • adj. Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal's cassock).
  • n. A number indicating quantity, or the size of a set, e.g., one, two, three. (See Wikipedia article on Cardinal…
  • n. (grammar) A word used to represent a cardinal number; a cardinal numeral.
  • n. An official in the Catholic Church, ranking only below the Pope and the patriarchs. (See Wikipedia article…
  • n. Any of a genus of songbirds of the finch family, Cardinalis.
  • n. Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae (See Wikipedia article on cardinals)…
  • n. A shade of scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock.
  • n. (historical) A woman's short cloak with a hood.
  • n. (obsolete) Mulled red wine.
  • n. A freshwater fish, the cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi).

digit

  • n. (mathematics) The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined…
  • n. (mathematics) Similarly fundamental numerals in other systems.
  • n. (units of measure, astronomy) 112 the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of…
  • n. (historical units of measure) A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger,…
  • n. (units of measure, obsolete) Synonym of inch.
  • n. (anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
  • n. (zoology) Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
  • n. (geometry, rare, obsolete) Synonym of degree: 1360 of a circle.
  • v. (transitive) To point at or point out with the finger.

figure

  • n. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
  • n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially,…
  • n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
  • n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
  • n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
  • n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
  • n. A numeral.
  • n. A number.
  • n. A shape.
  • n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
  • n. A dance figure, a complex dance moveW.
  • n. A figure of speech.
  • n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
  • n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
  • n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single…
  • n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
  • v. To solve a mathematical problem.
  • v. To come to understand.
  • v. (intransitive) To be reasonable.
  • v. (transitive) To enter, be a part of.
  • v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal;…
  • v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
  • v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
  • v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
  • v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
  • v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying…
  • v. (music) To embellish.

foursome

  • n. A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of…
  • n. A sex act between four people.

quadruplet

  • n. One of a group of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
  • n. (music) A tuplet of four notes.
  • n. A sequence of four elements.
  • n. A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.

quartet

  • n. (music) A music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
  • n. (music) The set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.
  • n. (music) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.
  • n. Any group of four, especially people.

quaternary

  • adj. Of fourth rank or order.
  • adj. Of a mathematical expression containing e.g. x4.
  • adj. Relating to or in number base four.
  • n. (chemistry) A quaternary compound.
  • n. (geology) The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it.

quaternion

  • n. A group or set of four people or things.
  • n. A word of four syllables.
  • n. (mathematics) A four-dimensional hypercomplex number that consists of a real dimension and 3 imaginary…

quaternity

  • n. (countable) A group or set of four.
  • n. (uncountable) The state of being four; fourness.

tetrad

  • n. A group of four things.
  • n. (cartography) A unit of land area of two by two (that is, four) square kilometres.
  • n. (chemistry) A tetravalent atom or radical.
  • n. (biology) Two pairs of sister chromatids (a dyad pair) aligned in a certain way and often on the equatorial…
  • n. (biology) A group of four haploid and immature pollen grains in tetrahedral fashion produced by meiotic…

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