numeral

Speech parts

1. numeral - Noun

2. numeral - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.

Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.

A figure or character used to express a number; as, the Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, etc.

A word expressing a number.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

number numeric figure count numerical digit cardinal arabic prime no. integer one numbers rate character
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Antonyms

little total whole letter share solution
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Hypernyms

symbol

Hyponyms

Arabic numeral antilogarithm Roman numeral antilog Hindu-Arabic numeral Hindu numeral

Phrases with the word

Cyrillic numeral Indo-Arabic numeral numeral 78 base-2 numeral system automated numeral base 60 numeral system

Examples

he learned to write the numerals before he went to school Source: Internet

a numeral adjective Source: Internet

numerical order Source: Internet

a numeric symbol Source: Internet

A Church numeral n is a higher-order function that accepts a function f and a value x and applies f to x exactly n times. Source: Internet

A common folk etymology attributes the name to the Roman numeral for four (IV), asserting that there was such a sports league originally with four members. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

numerably numeracy numeraire numeral 78 numeral classifier numeral system