Academic Dictionary
Home / Thesaurus / Nine
Find the word that fits

Nine: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Nine

Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.

View the full dictionary entry Compare this word with another →
49 useful connections shown 7 reviewed relationships and 42 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Similar meaning 2

Cardinal 84% connected

Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Definition Compare both words
Cardinal 84% connected

Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Definition Compare both words

Broader term 3

Digit 76% connected

One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Definition Compare both words
Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Definition Compare both words
Spot 76% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Definition Compare both words

Synonym 2

Club 92% connected

A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Definition Compare both words
Ennead 92% connected

The number nine or a group of nine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Definition Compare both words
Explore further

Words from the same subject

These terms belong to the same specialist field or topic. They help you explore the subject, but they are not automatically synonyms.

Integer noun · 78% connection

any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"

Used in the same subject area: Arithmetic, Mathematics.
Definition Compare
Irrational noun · 78% connection

a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number

Used in the same subject area: Arithmetic, Mathematics.
Definition Compare
Irrational number noun · 78% connection

a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number

Used in the same subject area: Arithmetic, Mathematics.
Definition Compare
Natural number noun · 78% connection

the number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly

Used in the same subject area: Arithmetic, Mathematics.
Definition Compare
Rational noun · 78% connection

an integer or a fraction

Used in the same subject area: Arithmetic, Mathematics.
Definition Compare
Real noun · 78% connection

any rational or irrational number

Used in the same subject area: Arithmetic, Mathematics.
Definition Compare
Real number noun · 78% connection

any rational or irrational number

Used in the same subject area: Arithmetic, Mathematics.
Definition Compare
Square root noun · 78% connection

a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number

Used in the same subject area: Arithmetic, Mathematics.
Definition Compare
Whole number noun · 78% connection

any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"

Used in the same subject area: Arithmetic, Mathematics.
Definition Compare
Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.

At preposition · 78% connection

The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80?; goods sold at a cheap…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Better compar. · 78% connection

More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Call verb · 78% connection

To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Carry verb · 78% connection

To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Chessboard noun · 78% connection

The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Comparative adjective · 78% connection

Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Coss noun · 78% connection

A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Cyclone noun · 78% connection

A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This cent…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Eighth noun · 78% connection

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

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Eschar noun · 78% connection

In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the cou…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Escurial noun · 78% connection

A palace and mausoleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Jupiter noun · 78% connection

One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revo…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Kenning verb · 78% connection

The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Knot noun · 78% connection

A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Lava noun · 78% connection

The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
League noun · 78% connection

A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and us…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Less adjective · 78% connection

Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
Mars noun · 78% connection

One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,2…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eight, less, miles.
Definition Compare
All dictionary tools

Explore Academic Dictionary

The same nine destinations available from the header menu are shown here as a clear, fully visible grid.

Dictionary Definitions and meanings Thesaurus Synonyms with nuance Academic writing Evidence and analysis Professional Workplace vocabulary Word origins Etymology and roots Subjects Specialist dictionaries Word clusters Connected vocabulary Word similarity Compare two words Crossword Play with vocabulary