Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sixteenth
2 senses of sixteenth
Sense 1
sixteenth -- (position 16 in a countable series of things)
=> rank -- (relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority")
Sense 2
one-sixteenth, sixteenth, sixteenth part -- (one part in sixteen equal parts)
=> common fraction, simple fraction -- (the quotient of two integers)
Antonyms of adj sixteenth
1 sense of sixteenth
Sense 1
sixteenth, 16th -- (coming next after the fifteenth in position)
INDIRECT (VIA ordinal) -> cardinal -- (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers")
Similarity of adj sixteenth
1 sense of sixteenth
Sense 1
sixteenth, 16th -- (coming next after the fifteenth in position)
=> ordinal (vs. cardinal) -- (being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh")