Dictionary Entry

cardinal

cardinal is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 10 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.
2adjective
One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
3adjective
A woman's short cloak with a hood.
4adjective
Mulled red wine.
5noun
crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
Synonyms
redbird
6noun
a variable color averaging a vivid red
Synonyms
carmine
7noun
(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
8noun
the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
9adjective
serving as an essential component
"a cardinal rule"
"the central cause of the problem"
Synonyms
central fundamental key primal
10adjective
being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order
"cardinal numbers"

Synonyms

redbird carmine central fundamental key primal

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cardinal:

clarinda

Common word forms

cardinals cardinally cardinality

Words from these letters

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