Thesaurus:period

Thesaurus:period

THESAURUS

period

English

Synonyms

• period

• tide

• space

• span

• stound

Hyponyms

• second

• minute

• hour

• day    [WS]

• night

• week

• halfmonth

• fortnight

• month    [WS]

• quarter

• trimester

• semester

• year    [WS]

• biennium

• triennium

• quadrennium

• quinquennium

• sexennium

• septennium

• octennium

• novennium

• decade

• decennium

• century

• lifetime

• millennium

• eon    [WS]

• geological period    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:era

Further reading

• “108. period” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “period” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.