A symbol used to represent a number:
— He learned to write the numerals before he went to school.

synonym: number.

Roget 84: number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, integer; counter; round number; formula; function; series.    sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator^†; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple [Math.]; fraction, rational number; surd, irrational number; transcendental number; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair; reciprocal; totient^†.    binary number, octal number, hexadecimal number [Comp.].    permutation, combination, variation; election.    ratio, proportion, comparison etc. 464; progression; arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression^†; percentage, permilage.    figurate numbers^†, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers.    power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm; modulus, base.    differential, integral, fluxion^†, fluent.    ... show more

Dutch: telwoord
Polish: cyfra

Of or relating to or denoting numbers:
— A numeral adjective.

synonyms: numeric, numerical.

Roget 85: numeral, numerical; arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable; commensurable, commensurate; incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite.    ... show more

Roget 84: numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate^†, incommensurable.    proportional, exponential, logarithmic, logometric^†, differential, fluxional^†, integral, totitive^†.    positive, negative; rational, irrational; surd, radical, real; complex, imaginary; finite; infinite; impossible.    ... show more

Polish: liczbowy