half a dozen as a noun: - 1
half a dozen
noun
1 half a dozen
The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
synonyms: 6, Captain Hicks, hexad, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer, VI.
Dutch: zes, sextool
Polish: półtuzin
adjective
Roget 102:
many,
several,
sundry,
divers,
various,
not a few;
Briarean;
a hundred,
a thousand,
a myriad,
a million,
a quadrillion,
a nonillion,
a thousand and one;
some ten or a dozen,
some forty or fifty
&c.;
half a dozen,
half a hundred
&c.;
very many,
full many,
ever so many;
numerous;
numerose†;
profuse,
in profusion;
manifold,
multiplied,
multitudinous,
multiple,
multinominal,
teeming,
populous,
peopled,
crowded,
thick,
studded;
galore.
thick coming,
many more,
more than one can tell,
a world of;
no end of,
no end to;
cum multis aliis [Lat.];
thick as hops,
thick as hail;
plenty as blackberries;
numerous as the stars in the firmament,
numerous as the sands on the seashore,
numerous as the hairs on the head;
and what not,
and heaven knows what;
endless
etc.
(infinite)
105.
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