'Foursome' definitions:
Definition of 'foursome'
From: WordNet
noun
Four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." [syn: quartet, quartette, foursome]
noun
The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe]
Definition of 'Foursome'
From: GCIDE
- Foursome \Four"some\, n.
- 1. (Golf) A game between four players, with two on each side and each side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately. It is called a mixed foursome when each side consists of a man and a woman. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. A group of four people or objects; as, we need another player to make a foursome for bridge. [PJC]
Definition of 'Foursome'
From: GCIDE
- Foursome \Four"some\ (f[=o]r"s[u^]m), a. [Four + 2d -some.] Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [Scot. or Golf] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'foursome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- biquadrate,
- bout,
- contest,
- decathlon,
- double-header,
- doubles,
- event,
- four,
- four-part diaphony,
- game,
- games of chance,
- go,
- Little Joe,
- match,
- meet,
- pentathlon,
- play,
- play-off,
- quad,
- quadrangle,
- quadrature,
- quadrennium,
- quadrilateral,
- quadrille,
- quadrinomial,
- quadruplet,
- quartet,
- quatern,
- quaternary,
- quaternion,
- quaternity,
- quatrefoil,
- race,
- rectangle,
- runoff,
- singles,
- sport,
- square,
- square dance,
- squaring,
- tetrad,
- tetragon,
- tetragram,
- tetragrammaton,
- tetrahedron,
- tetralogy,
- tetraphony,
- tetrapody,
- threesome,
- twosome