Meanings
- informalnot comparableOccurring at a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.
1 more example
Shea had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as usual, I had gleaned what questionable satisfaction I might by twitting him with this indication of failing mentality by calling his attention to the nth time to that theory, propounded by certain scientists, which is based upon the assertion that phenomenal chess players are always found to be from the ranks of children under twelve, adults over seventy-two or the mentally defective.
1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Prelude”, in The Chessmen of MarsSynonyms: umpteenth
plural nths
- mathematicsThe item at position n in a sequence.
- informalThe item in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.
This is, after all, not strange, for none of them had either knowledge or experience in Occult matters, whereas for over thirty years I have made a special study of this subject, and have gone to and fro over the earth investigating to the nth all records of Spiritual Phenomena.
1909, Bram Stoker, The Lady of the Shroud
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOccurring at a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivelast or greatest in an indefinitely large series
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From n + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque enegarren
- enegarrenoccurring at position n
Catalan enèsim, n-èsim
- enèsimoccurring at position n
- n-èsimoccurring at position n
- enèsimthe item at position n
Chinese Mandarin 第n
- 第n (dì n)occurring at position n
Czech n-tý
- n-týoccurring at position n
Danish n'te
- n'teoccurring at position n
Esperanto n-a, noa
- n-aoccurring at position n
- noaoccurring at position n
Estonian n-is
- n-isoccurring at position n
Finnish n:s, ännäs
- n:soccurring at position n
- ännäsoccurring at position n
- n:sthe item at position n
- ännästhe item at position n
French énième, n-ième
- énièmeoccurring at position n
- n-ièmeoccurring at position n
- énièmethe item at position n
- n-ièmethe item at position n
German n-te
- n-teoccurring at position n
Greek νιοστός
- νιοστός (niostós)occurring at position n
Hungarian n-edik, n-edik
- n-edikoccurring at position n
- n-edikthe item at position n
Indonesian ke-n
- ke-noccurring at position n
Italian ennesimo, n-esimo
- ennesimooccurring at position n
- n-esimooccurring at position n
- ennesimothe item at position n
Japanese 第n
- 第n (dai enu)occurring at position n
Korean n 번째
- n 번째 (en beonjjae)occurring at position n
Norwegian Bokmål n-te
- n-teoccurring at position n
Polish enty, n-ty
- entyoccurring at position n
- n-tyoccurring at position n
Portuguese enésimo, n-ésimo
- enésimooccurring at position n
- n-ésimooccurring at position n
- enésimothe item at position n
Russian э́нный
- э́нный (énnyj)occurring at position n
Slovak n-tý
- n-týoccurring at position n
Spanish enésimo, n-ésimo
- enésimooccurring at position n
- n-ésimooccurring at position n
- enésimothe item at position n
Swedish n:te
- n:teoccurring at position n
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with nth
All rhymes →Cite this entry
nth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nth
“nth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nth. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nth.
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