Fortnight Synonyms

fôrtnīt
A period of fourteen consecutive days
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. two weeks

Words Related to Fortnight

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. week
  2. one-week
  3. fornight
  4. month
  5. day
  6. weekend
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Fortnight Sentence Examples

  • A fortnight later he wrote to Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, "The sky begins to clear.

  • They'd traveled over a fortnight on the king's largest ship, bearing silks, game, and swords to offer as gifts with the barbarians.

  • The countess passed a fortnight in an armchair by his pillow without undressing.

  • Within a week Moscow already had fifteen thousand inhabitants, in a fortnight twenty-five thousand, and so on.

  • The patient should continue to take about 100 grains a day for at least a fortnight after he is apparently convalescent, otherwise a recrudescence is very probable.

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