fivesome

five·some
F4I1V4E1S1O1M3E1
/ˈfaɪvsəm/

noun

A group of five people or things.

Similar
pentadfive5Vcinquequintquintetquintuplet
OriginProto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós ← English five →
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Meanings

nounfivesome (plural fivesomes)

plural fivesomes

  1. A group of five people or things.

    Synonyms: pentad

  2. An orgy (group sex) consisting of five people.
adjectivefivesome (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableBy fives; with five

    They tied his hands behind his back; They guarded him fivesome on each side.

    1885, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Eclectic Magazine

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA group of five people or things.

Similar
pentad

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

Similar
five5VcinquequintquintetquintupletpentadfinPhoebeLittle Phoebe
Broader
digitfigure

nounfive people considered as a unit

Similar
quintetquintette
Broader
gatheringassemblage
Also see
cinquefinfivepentadphoebequintquintetquintupletv

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  2. Proto-Germanic*fimf
  3. Proto-West Germanic*fimf
  4. Old Englishfīf
  5. Middle Englishfyf
  6. Englishfive
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  9. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  10. Englishfivesome

From five + -some.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian петорка
  • петорка (petorka)group of five
Esperanto kvinopo
  • kvinopogroup of five
Finnish viisikko
  • viisikkogroup of five
French quintuor
  • quintuorgroup of five
Polish piątka, pięcioro
  • piątkagroup of five
  • pięciorogroup of five
Portuguese quinteto
  • quintetogroup of five
Russian пятеро́, пятёрка
  • пятеро́ (pjateró)group of five
  • пятёрка (pjatjórka)group of five
Spanish quinteto
  • quintetogroup of five
Cite this entry
APA

fivesome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fivesome

MLA

“fivesome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fivesome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fivesome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fivesome.

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