| a. | 1. | First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth. |
| 2. | Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided. | |
| n. | 1. | The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole. |
| 2. | The next in order after the fifth. | |
| 3. | (Mus.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale. |
| Noun | 1. | sixth - position six in a countable series of things |
| 2. | sixth - a sixth part Synonyms: one-sixth | |
| 3. | sixth - the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it | |
| Adj. | 1. | sixth - coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position Synonyms: 6th |
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