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

6 senses of third

Sense 1
one-third, third, tierce -- (one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement")
       => common fraction, simple fraction -- (the quotient of two integers)

Sense 2
third base, third -- (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate); "he is playing third")
       => position -- ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?")

Sense 3
third -- (following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment")
       => rank -- (relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority")

Sense 4
third -- (the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds")
       => interval, musical interval -- (the difference in pitch between two notes)

Sense 5
third gear, third -- (the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear")
       => gear, gear mechanism -- (a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle))

Sense 6
third base, third -- (the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third")
       => base, bag -- (a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag")

Antonyms of adj third

1 sense of third

Sense 1
third, 3rd, tertiary -- (coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position)

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

Similarity of adj third

1 sense of third

Sense 1
third, 3rd, tertiary -- (coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position)
       => ordinal (vs. cardinal) -- (being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh")

Synonyms of adv third

1 sense of third

Sense 1
third, thirdly -- (in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment")