INTEGERS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

integers

noun

plural of integer

as in numbers

a character used to represent a mathematical value three is a positive integer

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as in objects

one that has a real and independent existence an event that is seen as the point at which the gay rights movement became an integer and not just a smattering of protests

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Recent Examples of integers Start with a random set of different integers, not including zero. — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 Python, for example, is a popular programming language that is famously smooth at handling integers of any size. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026 When Ars first reported on AcuRite in May, AcuRite NOW lacked some features of My AcuRite, including the ability to rename multiple temperature sensors, report temperatures in non-integers, as well as an online dashboard option. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026 That’s because for 99% of human history, information arrived into brains mainly as whole integers – as people, things and events. — Owen D. Jones, The Conversation, 26 May 2026 Instead of relying on traditional geometry tricks, the AI connected the problem to algebraic number theory, a deep branch of mathematics that studies number systems extending ordinary integers. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026 Six-seven is just a lasso looped by fate around two adjacent integers on the number line. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025 However, using Shor’s algorithm for factoring integers, quantum computers can in principle rapidly crack even highly secure RSA-2048 encryption. — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Sep. 2023

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Noun

At the University of Tokyo, researchers have even grown living human skin over robotic digits to wrinkle naturally and mend wounds with collagen.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026
Brent crude fell 2% and traded at $98 per barrel — still up more than 30% since the start of the war with Iran but a relief from recent prices in the triple digits.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of digits

Noun

Building conventional simulations for robot testing can be time-consuming and costly, Taiuti said, requiring developers to create three-dimensional objects and configure scenes.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Presbyopia — the gradual loss of the ability to focus on nearby objects — commonly develops in middle age and often leads to the need for reading glasses.

— Angelica Stabile , Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of objects

Noun

Enetec was sanctioned in July under a presidential executive order authorizing sanctions to Cuban entities posing a direct threat to national security or involved in repression.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Private equity firms also sometimes own both physician staffing firms and Independent Dispute Resolution entities, creating a conflict of interest and undermining the law's fairness.

— Anna Schecter, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of entities

Noun

After things go awry in the Congo, the family in The Poisonwood Bible dissolves readily.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
In some ways, things have changed considerably for Reid over the last year after the television adaptation of her 2019 novel, Heated Rivalry, became a cultural phenomena.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of things

Noun

Research has shown that mixing ketamine with other substances such as alcohol can be dangerous, potentially leading to problems including respiratory depression, where breathing becomes dangerously slow or shallow.

— Violet Jira, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
These substances can increase risk during pregnancy, and their use by parents and other caregivers can impair their ability to wake up and respond to an infant.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of substances

Noun

The technique requires hypervigilance to the present moment, yet is cultivated through thought exercises that evoke alloyed realities, as through a mixed-reality headset.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Instead, the issue was, along with a learning gap, that tools failed to retain context, adapt to feedback and fit the specific realities of enterprise workflows.

— Abhishek Yadav, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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