What is another word for fives?

Pronunciation: [fˈa͡ɪvz] (IPA)

Fives is a common word used to refer to the number 5, but there are many synonyms that can be used to replace it. These synonyms include quintet, pentagon, quincunx, quinary, and lustrum. Quintet is commonly used in music to refer to a group of five musicians playing together. Pentagon, on the other hand, is used to refer to a shape with five sides. Quincunx is a term from horticulture that refers to a pattern of five objects arranged in a square, with one object at each corner and one in the center. Quinary, meaning "consisting of five," is another synonym for fives. Lustrum is a term from ancient Rome referring to a period of five years.

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  • Forward Entailment

    • Noun, plural
      five.
    • Verb, 3rd person singular present
      five.

What are the hypernyms for Fives?

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What are the hyponyms for Fives?

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Usage examples for Fives

He was a bold rider; he was famous for leaping and wrestling; he played tolerably on the fiddle; could swim like a fish; and was the best hand in the whole place at fives or nine-pins.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
The relaxations of the humbler class, are fives, quoits, skittles, and ale.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
"We'd better advance by fives.
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester

Famous quotes with Fives

  • I got a kick out of having a big bankroll in my pocket. Even if I only made a couple hundred dollars, I'd always keep it in fives and tens so it'd look big.
    Mickey Cohen
  • If a man knows the law, find out, though he live in a pine shanty, and resort to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the imprisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint a landscape, and convey into souls and ochres all the enchantments of Spring or Autumn; or can liberate and intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious songs and verses; it is certain that the secret cannot be kept; the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and tens and fifties to his doors.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

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