| English adjective: fifth | |||
| 1. | fifth coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position | ||
| Synonyms | 5th | ||
| Similar | ordinal | ||
| Antonyms | cardinal | ||
| English noun: fifth | |||
| 1. | fifth (quantity) a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | United States liquid unit | ||
| 2. | fifth position five in a countable series of things | ||
| Samples | He was fifth out of several hundred runners. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rank | ||
| 3. | fifth (quantity) one part in five equal parts | ||
| Synonyms | fifth part, one-fifth, twenty percent | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | common fraction, simple fraction | ||
| 4. | fifth (communication) the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interval, musical interval | ||