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Synonyms for pentad

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly Synonym of quinquennium: a five-year period, especially in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.

Forms

Plural
pentads → quintets, fives, fins, phoebes…

Example sentences

  • fin Gabor could see the shark's fin coming towards him.
  • phoebe Phoebe discovered that her sister was a camgirl.
  • quintet There was a brass quintet playing in the lobby of the hotel.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pentadrising
finfalling
phoebefalling
quintetsteady
quintupletfalling
quinquenniumfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
fin1
4 letters
five1
5 letters
quint1
6 letters
phoebe2, cinque1
7 letters
quintet2
8 letters
fivesome, quintade
10 letters
quintuplet3
12 letters
quinquennium

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (phoebe2 = 2 syllables).