Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sestet

5 senses of sestet

Sense 1
six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad -- (the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one)
       => digit, figure -- (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits")

Sense 2
sextet, sextette, sestet -- (six performers or singers who perform together)
       => musical organization, musical organisation, musical group -- (an organization of musicians who perform together)

Sense 3
sextet, sextette, sestet -- (a set of six similar things considered as a unit)
       => set -- (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth")

Sense 4
sextet, sextette, sestet -- (a musical composition written for six performers)
       => musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music -- (a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements")

Sense 5
sestet -- (a rhythmic group of six lines of verse)
       => stanza -- (a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem)