Meanings
alternative obsolete 23d
- abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of twenty-third.
To get doomier still, there’s also the pertinent question of whether, given current ecological speculation, the human race will even survive beyond the next century or so – an uncertainty which makes applying one’s imagination to a 22nd or 23rd Century rather academic.
2019 May 14, Hugh Montgomery, “HBO's Years & Years and the horrors of the near-near-future”, in BBC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecoming next after the twenty-second in position
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans 23ste
- 23steabbreviation of twenty-third — see also twenty-third
French 23e
- 23eabbreviation of twenty-third — see also twenty-third
German 23.
- 23.abbreviation of twenty-third — see also twenty-third
Greek 23ος
- 23ος (23os)abbreviation of twenty-third — see also twenty-third
Hindi २३वाँ, २३वीं
- २३वाँ (23vā̃)abbreviation of twenty-third — see also twenty-third
- २३वीं (23vī̃)abbreviation of twenty-third — see also twenty-third
Norwegian 23.
- 23.abbreviation of twenty-third — see also twenty-third
Spanish 23.º
- 23.ºabbreviation of twenty-third — see also twenty-third
Swedish 23:e
- 23:eabbreviation of twenty-third — see also twenty-third
Turkish 23'üncü, 23.
- 23'üncüabbreviation of twenty-third — see also twenty-third
- 23.abbreviation of twenty-third — see also twenty-third
Cite this entry
23rd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/23rd
“23rd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/23rd. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “23rd,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/23rd.
Source: 23rd on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.