Synonyms of the word

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.

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) ¹⁄₁₂ 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: ¹⁄₃₆₀ 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 move^W.
• 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.

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.

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.

quad

• n. Four shots of espresso.
• n. (chess) A kind of round robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other…
• n. (Mormonism) The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single…
• adj. Having four shots of espresso.
• n. (informal) A quadrangle (courtyard).
• n. (informal) A quadruplet (infant).
• n. (computer graphics) A quadrilateral.
• n. (informal) A quadriceps muscle.
• adj. (poker slang) Of or relating to quads.
• n. A quad bike (from quadricycle).
• n. Abbreviation of quadrillion BTU. (10¹⁵ BTU).
• n. (letterpress typography) A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
• n. (printing slang) A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
• n. (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting) A keyboard command which aligns text with the left…
• v. (letterpress typography, transitive, intransitive) To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad…
• v. (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting, transitive, intransitive) To align text with the…

quadruple

• adj. Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
• v. (transitive) To multiply by four.
• v. (intransitive) To increase by a factor of four.

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.

quartette

• n. Alternative spelling of quartet.

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.

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

sib

• adj. Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; having affinity; being akin; kindred.
• n. Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
• n. A kinsman; a blood relation; a relative, near or remote; one closely allied to another; an intimate companion.
• n. A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender).
• n. (biology) Any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation.
• n. A group of individuals unilaterally descended from a single (real or postulated) common ancestor.
• v. (transitive) To bring into relation; establish a relationship between; make friendly; reconcile.

sibling

• n. A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister.

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…