pentad
Set of five
A pentad is a group or set of five.
The word appears in technical and academic contexts—chemistry, music theory, philosophy—where precise terminology for numerical groupings matters.
The dramatist Kenneth Burke analyzed human motives through a pentad of elements: act, scene, agent, agency, purpose.
Four plus one
- quintGroup of five
- quintupleMultiply by five
- quintupletOne of five simultaneous births
- fifthFive's place in sequence
fivefold · quintet · quinquennial · cinquefoil · lustrum · panchayat
Group of five
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- fivesomeFive-member group
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- allianceFormal union of parties
circle · band · crew · cabal · junta · council · directorate · commission
Five-faced polyhedron
- five-pointedWith five radiating tips
- verticesCorner points of shapes
- anglesRotation between intersecting lines
- sidesLateral edges or teams
Purest embodiment of something
- elementBasic substance or factor
- aetherHypothetical light-wave medium
- principleFundamental truth or standard
- unityWholeness through cohesion
wholeness · completeness · harmony · balance · cosmology · Pythagoras · numerology · symbolism
Ordered set of related items
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- progressionSequential forward movement
- successionFollowing in order
- chainLinked segments forming length
continuum · phase · stage · interval · periodicity · recurrence · pattern · rhythm
five
Four plus one
- quintGroup of five
- quintupleMultiply by five
- quintupletOne of five simultaneous births
fifth · fivefold · quintet · quinquennial · cinquefoil · lustrum · panchayat
quintet
Group of five
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- fivesomeFive-member group
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
alliance · circle · band · crew · cabal · junta · council · directorate · commission · panel
pentahedron
Five-faced polyhedron
- five-pointedWith five radiating tips
- verticesCorner points of shapes
- anglesRotation between intersecting lines
quintessence
Purest embodiment of something
- elementBasic substance or factor
- aetherHypothetical light-wave medium
- principleFundamental truth or standard
unity · wholeness · completeness · harmony · balance · cosmology · Pythagoras · numerology · symbolism
series
Ordered set of related items
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- progressionSequential forward movement
- successionFollowing in order
chain · continuum · phase · stage · interval · periodicity · recurrence · pattern · rhythm
- The PentagonU.S. defense headquarters
- iambic pentameterUnstressed-stressed pattern, five feet
- Pentagon PapersLeaked Defense Department documents
- inverted pentagramStar with vertex pointing down
- modern pentathlonFive-sport athletic competition
- Pentecostal ChurchOrganized charismatic Christian denomination
pentarchy, pentagon, pentagram, pentameter, pentathlon, pentagonal, Pentecostal, pentacle, Pentateuch