eight

Speech parts

1. eight - Noun

2. eight - Adjective

3. eight - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

An island in a river; an ait.

Seven and one; as, eight years.

The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.

A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

octet octonary viii 8 eighth octad ogdoad eighter from Decatur octennial eighter Ashcan school eight-spot trump ait octave
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Antonyms

decline wonder omit misunderstand

Hypernyms

school figure spot digit art movement artistic movement

Phrases with the word

behind the eight ball figure-eight knot eight-lined keelback eight-year eight-month eight-armed sea creature

Anagrams

Tighe

Examples

Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant. Henry Miller

No more hard work than look beautiful with eight in the morning until midnight. Brigitte Bardot

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. Lily Tomlin

The hare that escaped had eight legs. Hindi Proverb

If there is a lid that doesn't fit, then there is a lid that does. To a person that does not wander, there is not enlightenment. Fall seven times, stand up eight. Japanese Proverb

The matchmaker always asks for too much money for his eight hundred lies. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Eigg eigh Eighmey eight added to eight eight and 40 eight and ten