Thesaurus:periodic
THESAURUS | periodic |
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Synonyms
- cyclic
- cyclical
- periodic
- periodical
Antonyms
- acyclical (Economics)
- noncyclic
- noncyclical
- unperiodic
Hyponyms
- In terms of hours:
- bihourly
- circhoral (Biology)
- half-hourly
- horary
- hourly
- hourwise
- quarter-hourly
- semihourly
- subhourly
- two-hourly
- In terms of days:
- bidaily
- circadian (Biology)
- daily
- diurnal
- per diem
- quotidian
- semi-daily
- semidiurnal
- tertian (Medical)
- tridaily
- In terms of weeks:
- biweekly
- circaseptan (Biology)
- fortnightly
- hebdomadal
- hebdomadary (obsolete)
- semi-weekly
- twi-weekly
- twice-weekly
- weekly
- weeklyish (informal)
- In terms of months:
- bimensal
- bimestrial
- bimonthly
- half-monthly
- mensal
- menstrual (dated)
- menstruous (obsolete)
- monthly
- monthlyish (informal)
- quarterly
- semimenstrual
- semimonthly
- submonthly
- thrice-monthly
- trimestral
- trimonthly
- In terms of years:
- annual
- biannual
- biennary (uncommon)
- biennial
- half-yearly
- pentennial (rare)
- quadrennial
- quinquennial
- quintennial
- semestral
- semiannual
- triennial
- trieterical (rare)
- twice-yearly
- yearly
- In terms of centuries:
- bicentennial
- centennial
- multicentennial
- semicentennial
- sesquicentennial
- tricentennial
- Other:
- seasonal [WS]
- secular
Hypernyms
- repetitive [WS]
Various
- catamenial
- menstrual
- menstruous
Further reading
- “138. periodicity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “periodic” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.