five thousand
Ten times 500
Five thousand is the number 5,000—five times one thousand.
Like other round numbers, it often represents approximation rather than exact count: About five thousand people showed up.
In contexts involving money, it can sound substantial or modest depending on what's being purchased: The repairs cost five thousand dollars.
Symbol denoting quantity
- digitSingle numeric character
- figureOutline or numeral
- integerNumber lacking fractions
- cardinalOf foremost importance
number · multiple · round number · whole number · even number · notation · numerical · quantitative
Standard for comparison
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- goalDesired end result
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
anniversary · celebration · commemoration · jubilee · breakthrough · marker · target · plateau
Wealth or destiny
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- dollarsUS monetary units
- poundsMass measurement units
- eurosShared continental currency units
salary · bonus · prize money · investment · savings · nest egg · windfall · payout
numeral
Symbol denoting quantity
cardinal · number · multiple · round number · whole number · even number · notation · numerical · quantitative · count
benchmark
Standard for comparison
achievement · anniversary · celebration · commemoration · jubilee · breakthrough · marker · target · plateau · record
fortune
Wealth or destiny
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- dollarsUS monetary units
- poundsMass measurement units
euros · salary · bonus · prize money · investment · savings · nest egg · windfall · payout · reward
plentiful
Existing in abundance
myriad · numerous · countless · multitude · legion · scores · masses · throngs · hordes · droves
five, fifth, thousand, thousands, thousandth, fiver, fivefold, fifthly, thousandths