Synonyms for quaternity
All synonyms
Noun
1. Quartet — A group or set of four; a foursome, a quartet
quartet, foursome, tetrad, four, quaternion, quaternary, quadruplet
Definitions
- n. 1
A group or set of four; a foursome, a quartet.
Related words
- Word family
- quarter quaternary quaternate quaternion
- Other spellings
- quadrinity
Forms
- Plural
- quaternities → quartets, foursomes, tetrads, fours…
Example sentences
- quartet The song was reminiscent of a barbershop quartet.
- foursome Craig and Helen offered to have a foursome with us.
- quaternion In quaternion arithmetic, there are more than two distinct square roots of -1.
- quarter I looked at the clock. It was a quarter to twelve.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| quaternity | steady | |
| quartet | steady | |
| foursome | rising | |
| tetrad | falling | |
| quaternion | rising | |
| quarter | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- four1
- 6 letters
- tetrad
- 7 letters
- quarter2, quartet2
- 8 letters
- foursome2, fourness
- 10 letters
- quaternary4, quaternion, quadruplet
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quarter2 = 2 syllables).