Thesaurus:quintet

Thesaurus

quintet

English

Noun

Sense: a group of five people or items

Synonyms

• fivesome
• pentad
• pentuplet
• quinity
• quintad
• quintet
• quintuplet
• quintuplex

Hyponyms

• luster
• lustrum
• pentalogy
• quinquenniad
• quinquennium
• quinquevirate
• quintade
• quinquennal
• quinquennial
• quintennium
• quintole
• string quintet

Hypernyms

• decade
• group    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• quin (informal)
• quint (US, informal)
• quintuplet

Coordinate terms

• duo    [⇒ thesaurus]
• trio    [⇒ thesaurus]
• quartet    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sextet

Further reading

• “98. five” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “quintet” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.