Synonyms of the word

quintet

• n. (music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist,…
• n. (music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together.
• n. Any group of five members.

assemblage

• n. The process of assembling or bringing together.
• n. A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
• n. (art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often…

cinque

• n. (card games, dice games) The number five as seen on a die or on a card.

composition

• n. The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
• n. The general makeup of a thing or person.
• n. (obsolete) An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities;…
• n. (obsolete) An agreement to pay money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling.
• n. (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from…
• n. A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
• n. An essay.
• n. (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
• n. A work of music, literature or art.
• n. (printing) Typesetting.
• n. (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
• n. (obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.
• n. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
• n. (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
• n. (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.

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.

fin

• n. (ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
• n. A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
• n. A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the…
• n. A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
• n. A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along…
• n. A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
• n. An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
• n. A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
• v. (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
• v. (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
• n. (US, slang) A five-dollar bill.

five

• num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six. This many dots:…
• n. The digit/figure 5.
• n. (US) A five-dollar bill.
• n. Anything measuring five units, as length.
• n. A person who is five years old.
• n. five o'clock.
• n. A short rest, especially one of five minutes.

fivesome

• n. A group of five people or things.
• n. An orgy (group sex) consisting of five people.
• adj. (archaic) By fives; with five.

gathering

• n. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
• n. A group of people or things.
• n. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
• n. A charitable contribution; a collection.
• n. (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
• v. present participle of gather.

opus

• n. A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published…
• n. A work, especially of art.

pentad

• n. a group or series of five things.
• n. (chemistry) Any element, atom, or radical having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted…

piece

• n. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
• n. A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
• n. (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished…
• n. A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
• n. An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
• n. An artillery gun.
• n. (US, colloquial) A gun.
• n. (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
• n. (Scotland, Ireland, Britain dialectal, US dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its…
• n. (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
• n. (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually…
• n. (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
• n. (baseball) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the…
• n. (dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
• n. (obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.
• n. (US) A pacifier.
• n. (colloquial) A distance.
• v. (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
• v. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
• v. (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

quint

• n. (music) an interval of one fifth.
• n. (in piquet) a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker.
• n. (US, informal) a quin or quintuplet.
• n. (firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters that combines the capabilities of a fire engine and a fire…
• n. quinte; In fencing, the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.

quintette

• n. Alternative spelling of quintet A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons…

quintuple

• adj. having five parts or members.
• adj. five times as much.
• n. a fivefold amount.
• v. to multiply something (or be multiplied) by five.

quintuplet

• n. One of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
• n. (music) A tuplet of five notes to be played in the time for four.
• n. A collection or combination of five things.
• n. A cycle adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.

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.