Synonyms for twenty-one
twen·ty-one

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1. twenty-one, 21, XXInoun

   the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one

   Synonyms:
   blackjack, vingt-et-un

   Antonyms:
   ordinal

2. blackjack, twenty-one, vingt-et-unadjective

   a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21

   Synonyms:
   sap, black flag, jack oak, blackjack, vingt-et-un, pirate flag, cosh, blackjack oak

   Antonyms:
   ordinal

3. twenty-one, 21, xxiadjective

   being one more than twenty

   Synonyms:
   xxi

   Antonyms:
   ordinal

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1. List of paraphrases for "twenty-one":

   vingt-et-un, 21

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1. Mark Twain:

   When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

2. Heywood Broun:

   The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality.

3. Governor Andrew Cuomo:

   Twenty one days of hell, and now we are back to where we were 21 days ago, testing is what we are compulsively or obsessively focused on now.

4. Samuel Johnson:

   When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I should be at forty-nine, what I now am.

5. Mark Twain:

   When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.