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Synonyms for number
ˈnʌm bərnum·ber

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. number

    Number is the generic term. To count is to number one by one. To calculate is to use more complicated processes, as multiplication, division, etc., more rapid but not less exact. Compute allows more of the element of probability, which is still more strongly expressed by estimate. We compute the slain in a great war from the number known to have fallen in certain great battles; compute refers to the present or the past, estimate more frequently to the future; as, to estimate the cost of a proposed building. To enumerate is to mention item by item; as, to enumerate one's grievances. To rate is to estimate by comparison, as if the object were one of a series. We count upon a desired future; we do not count upon the undesired. As applied to the present, we reckon or count a thing precious or worthless. Compare ESTEEM.

    Synonyms:
    account, calculate, cast, compute, consider, count, deem, enumerate, estimate, rate, reckon, sum up

    Preposition:
    It is vain to calculate on or upon an uncertain result.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. number, figurenoun

    the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

    "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand"

    Synonyms:
    turn, bit, act, phone number, trope, fig, numeral, figure, physical body, routine, identification number, frame, form, name, build, figure of speech, chassis, shape, anatomy, bod, design, material body, flesh, pattern, soma, public figure, telephone number, image, digit, issue, human body, physique

  2. numbernoun

    a concept of quantity involving zero and units

    "every number has a unique position in the sequence"

    Synonyms:
    act, bit, identification number, figure, routine, numeral, telephone number, issue, phone number, turn

  3. act, routine, number, turn, bitnoun

    a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program

    "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"

    Synonyms:
    turn, figure, routine, morsel, act, spot, piece, twist, turning, procedure, function, bit, flake, second, snatch, bend, subroutine, modus operandi, crook, turn of events, round, deed, mo, subprogram, tour, fleck, chip, go, telephone number, play, identification number, minute, phone number, spell, numeral, scrap, moment, human activity, good turn, bout, enactment, bite, issue, human action

  4. phone number, telephone number, numbernoun

    the number is used in calling a particular telephone

    "he has an unlisted number"

    Synonyms:
    act, bit, identification number, numeral, figure, routine, telephone number, issue, phone number, turn

  5. numeral, numbernoun

    a symbol used to represent a number

    "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school"

    Synonyms:
    act, bit, identification number, numeral, figure, routine, telephone number, issue, phone number, turn

  6. issue, numbernoun

    one of a series published periodically

    "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"

    Synonyms:
    turn, figure, progeny, subject, act, issuing, military issue, takings, bit, payoff, consequence, take, publication, government issue, routine, event, upshot, return, effect, topic, offspring, egress, telephone number, outlet, identification number, phone number, numeral, yield, emergence, outcome, way out, exit, proceeds, issue, matter, result, issuance

  7. numbernoun

    a select company of people

    "I hope to become one of their number before I die"

    Synonyms:
    act, bit, identification number, figure, routine, numeral, telephone number, issue, phone number, turn

  8. number, identification numbernoun

    a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification

    "she refused to give them her Social Security number"

    Synonyms:
    act, bit, identification number, figure, routine, numeral, telephone number, issue, phone number, turn

  9. numbernoun

    a clothing measurement

    "a number 13 shoe"

    Synonyms:
    act, bit, identification number, figure, routine, numeral, telephone number, issue, phone number, turn

  10. numbernoun

    the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)

    "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number"

    Synonyms:
    act, bit, identification number, figure, routine, numeral, telephone number, issue, phone number, turn

  11. numberverb

    an item of merchandise offered for sale

    "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number"

    Synonyms:
    act, bit, identification number, figure, routine, numeral, telephone number, issue, phone number, turn

  12. total, number, add up, come, amountverb

    add up in number or quantity

    "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"

    Synonyms:
    tot, descend, tote up, hail, get, add, get along, fare, numerate, sum, add up, come in, come up, tot up, list, fall, sum up, do, follow, occur, enumerate, count, issue forth, make out, amount, tally, derive, make sense, come, add together, total, summate, arrive, keep down

  13. numberverb

    give numbers to

    "You should number the pages of the thesis"

    Synonyms:
    amount, list, total, enumerate, numerate, add up, keep down, count, come

  14. number, listverb

    enumerate

    "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"

    Synonyms:
    name, amount, list, heel, total, enumerate, numerate, add up, keep down, lean, count, come

  15. count, numberverb

    put into a group

    "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"

    Synonyms:
    weigh, keep down, list, consider, total, enumerate, reckon, look, depend, bet, matter, count, amount, come, numerate, calculate, add up

  16. count, number, enumerate, numerateverb

    determine the number or amount of

    "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

    Synonyms:
    weigh, keep down, recite, itemise, list, consider, total, enumerate, reckon, look, itemize, depend, bet, matter, count, amount, come, numerate, calculate, add up

  17. number, keep downverb

    place a limit on the number of

    Synonyms:
    amount, list, reduce, total, enumerate, numerate, repress, subjugate, add up, quash, keep down, subdue, count, come

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. siffer

    Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. numberverb

    Synonyms:
    count, enumerate, tell, reckon, calculate, compute, numerate, call over, tell off, run over, sum up

  2. numbernoun

    Synonyms:
    figure, numeral, digit

  3. numbernoun

    Synonyms:
    many, multitude, great many

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. numbernoun

    Synonyms:
    numeral, figure, digit, integer, collection, multitude

  2. numberverb

    Synonyms:
    enumerate, figure up, count, numerate

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How to use number in a sentence?

  1. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell:

    There are a number of things that went wrong, it was important that we understood those things and the evolution of technology.

  2. Robert Schaeffer:

    This appears to be the most significant in terms of the number of tests involved and the size of the district, it will certainly be a precedent for other districts in Florida which are equally fed up.

  3. Akbar Al Baker:

    We are still at an impasse. We have walked away from our first A320neo because it is more than a certain number of days late, so exercised a walk away clause.

  4. Kate Lorig:

    This greatly limits the number of programs that are willing to go for recognition.

  5. Jake Baum:

    We're currently at a sort of crossroads in global malaria control, we've had decades of progress in reducing the number of deaths from the turn of the millennium. But we've kind of reached this point where we sort of stalled in our progress and there are some worrying signs of emerging drug resistance, just like you have antibiotic resistance to bacteria.


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