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

3 senses of sixth

Sense 1
sixth -- (position six in a countable series of things)
       => rank -- (relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority")

Sense 2
one-sixth, sixth -- (one part in six equal parts)
       => common fraction, simple fraction -- (the quotient of two integers)

Sense 3
sixth -- (the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it)
       => interval, musical interval -- (the difference in pitch between two notes)

Antonyms of adj sixth

1 sense of sixth

Sense 1
sixth, 6th -- (coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position)

INDIRECT (VIA ordinal) -> cardinal -- (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers")

Similarity of adj sixth

1 sense of sixth

Sense 1
sixth, 6th -- (coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position)
       => ordinal (vs. cardinal) -- (being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh")