Synonyms for forty
ˈfɔr tiforty

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. fortynumeral

   Synonyms:
   w:Arabic numerals, w:Roman numerals

2. fortynumeral

   The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one.

   Synonyms:
   w:Arabic numerals, w:Roman numerals

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. forty, 40, XLadjective

   the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four

   Antonyms:
   ordinal

2. forty, 40, xl, twoscoreadjective

   being ten more than thirty

   Synonyms:
   twoscore, xl

   Antonyms:
   ordinal

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "forty":

   40, quarantine, fortieth, forty-, 40th

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1. Forty

   Forty vs. Fourty -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Forty and Fourty.

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How to use forty in a sentence?

1. John Travolta:

   Sometimes when something really works well, it becomes a target, forty years for me, I've been a part, and I've loved every minute of it. My family has done so well with it. It's been a beautiful thing for me. I've saved lives with it and saved my own life several times. Through my loss of my son, it helped me every step of the way for two years solid, and here I am.

2. E. J. Smith, 1907, Captain, RMS Titanic:

   When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly forty years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog and the like. But in all my experience, I have never been in any accident... or any sort worth speaking about. I have seen but one vessel in distress in all my years at sea. I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort.

3. Charles de Gaulle:

   How can you govern a country with two hundred and forty six varieties of cheese?

4. Jamaican Monty Alexander:

   Forty years ago I was playing piano in this casino .... I'm very happy to be playing for you tonight.

5. Benjamin Haydon:

   Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.