Period Synonyms

pîrē-əd
A specific length of time characterized by the occurrence of certain conditions or events
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. season
  2. span
  3. stretch
  4. term
A measure of time
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. age
  2. epoch
  3. era
  4. time
  5. eon
  6. duration
  7. day
  8. interval
  9. span
  10. term
  11. season
  12. century
  13. close
  14. conclusion
  15. stretch
  16. cycle
  17. spell
  18. date
  19. space
  20. decade
  21. time period
  22. menstruation
  23. stage
  24. dot
  25. years
  26. ending
  27. days
  28. phase
  29. menses
  30. finis
  31. session
  32. generation
  33. gestation
  34. while
  35. hear
  36. periodization
  37. point
  38. menstruum
  39. paleocene
  40. semester
  41. stop
  42. termination
  43. catamenia
  44. flow
  45. period of time
An interval regarded as a distinct evolutionary or developmental unit
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. phase
  2. stage
A mark of punctuation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. time
  2. point
  3. full-stop
  4. season
  5. full pause
  6. geological period
  7. dot
  8. ending-pitch
  9. stop
  10. full point
An end
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. end
  2. conclusion
  3. close
  4. limit
  5. cease
  6. cessation
  7. closing
  8. closure
  9. completion
  10. consummation
  11. ending
  12. end of the line
  13. finish
  14. stop
  15. stopping point
  16. termination
  17. terminus
  18. wind-up
  19. wrap-up

Words Related to Period

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. punctuation
  2. continue
  3. menstrual-period
  4. cycle frequency
  5. calendar-year
  6. timeframe
  7. long-period
  8. academic-year
  9. one-year
  10. timescale
  11. short-period
  12. month
  13. period-x94
  14. twelve-month

Period Sentence Examples

  • They covered a period of twenty years.

  • Yet it was a short period of time for so much to have happened to them.

  • The interior begged to be furnished with period pieces.

  • There is no such period and never will be.

  • During this three-year period, conveniently named by the Chinese "The Three Years of Natural Disasters," no one really knows how many people died; estimates range from fifteen million to a high of more than forty-five million.

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