six

noun

ˈsiks 

1

: a number that is one more than five see Table of Numbers

2

: the sixth in a set or series

3

: something having six units or members: such as

a

: an ice hockey team

b

: a 6-cylinder engine or automobile

six adjective

six pronoun, plural in construction

Phrases

at sixes and sevens

: in a state of disorder

Examples of six in a Sentence

“What time is it?” “It's six.”

I leave each day at six.

Recent Examples on the Web

At sixes and sevens The National Gallery of Art is closed due to the government shutdown on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. —Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025

Shaheen Afridi hit four sixes in his unbeaten 33 to lend some respectability to Pakistan's total. —Amlan Chakraborty, Reuters, 14 Sep. 2025

Led by All-NBA stars Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns, New York boasts one of the most talented top sixes in the East. —Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025

Players collect handfuls of six sided dice based on their skills and attributes looking for fives and sixes to represent successes. —Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from six, adjective, from Old English siex; akin to Old High German sehs six, Latin sex, Greek hex

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing six

• deep six
• eighty-six
• hit/knock (someone) for six
• it's six of one and half a dozen of the other
• it's six of one, half (a) dozen of the other
• pick-six
• six-figure
• six-gun
• six-o-six
• six-pack
• six-shooter

Rhymes for six

• bricks
• brix
• chicks
• clicks
• cliques
• dicks
• fix
• flicks
• kicks
• knicks
• licks
• mix

Kids Definition

six

noun

ˈsiks 

1

: a number that is one more than five see number

2

: the sixth in a set or series

six adjective or pronoun