eighth

Speech parts

1. eighth - Noun

2. eighth - Adjective

3. eighth - Verb

4. eighth - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Next in order after the seventh.

Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.

The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.

The interval of an octave.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

8th viii eighth part henry LCD octave fourteenth five eighteen ordinal eight consider fifth rank sixth
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Antonyms

shun discount set aside disdain omit scorn
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Hypernyms

rank simple fraction common fraction

Phrases with the word

Eighth Wonder of the World eighth part the twenty-eighth your eighth cranial nerve knocks out one eighth division one eighth piece

Anagrams

height Highet highte

Examples

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth day. Thornton Wilder

The sky itself is the eighth color of the rainbow, spread over the whole sky for us, all the time. Kim Stanley Robinson

One of the most helpful things that any body can learn is to give up trying to catch the last eighth - or the first. These two are the most expensive eighths in the world. Edwin Lefèvre

The Eighth Commandment was not made for bards. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I'm the only kid in the world who doesn't want an eighth Harry Potter book. Daniel Radcliffe

Fall seven times, stand up the eighth. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

eightfold Eightfold Way eightfoldness eighth anniversary eighth cranial nerve eighth day