third

  • (r) in the third place
    • third we must consider unemployment
    thirdly,
  • (s) coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position 3rd, tertiary,

Nouns

  • (n) one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
    • it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement
    one-third, tierce,
  • (n) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
    • he is playing third
    third base,
  • (n) following the second position in an ordering or series
    • a distant third
    • he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment
  • (n) the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
    • a simple harmony written in major thirds
  • (n) the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
    • you shouldn't try to start in third gear
    third gear,
  • (n) the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
    • he was cut down on a close play at third
    third base,

Synonyms

thirdly 3rd tertiary one-third tierce third base third gear

Words of close approximity

thin
thick thief thigh thill thing think
Third Baron Rayleigh third base third baseman third battle of Ypres third class third-class mail Third Council of Constantinople third cranial nerve Third Crusade third deck third degree third-degree burn third dimension third-dimensional third-dimensionality Third Epistel of John third estate third eye third eyelid third gear thirdhand third house Third Lateran Council third law of motion third law of thermodynamics thirdly third party third person third-place finish third power third rail third-rate third-rater Third Reich third sacker third stomach third tonsil third trimester third ventricle Third World third-year