What is another word for leap year?
Pronunciation:
[ lˈiːp jˈi͡ə], [ lˈiːp jˈiə], [ l_ˈiː_p j_ˈiə]
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Synonyms for Leap year:
n.
• bissextile year (noun) • intercalary year (noun) • leap year (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)- twelvemonth,
- year,
- yr.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- lustrum,
- weekday,
- millennium,
- triennial,
- trimester,
- moment,
- sidereal year,
- Quadrennial,
- abundant year,
- week,
- common year,
- quarter,
- decade,
- golden wedding anniversary,
- calendar year,
- name day,
- fortnight,
- annum,
- natal day,
- wedding anniversary,
- term,
- bicentennial,
- Quinquennium,
- centenary,
- quincentennial,
- lunation,
- centennial,
- bicentenary,
- Decennial,
- moon,
- decennary,
- bissextile day,
- month,
- microsecond,
- session,
- decennium,
- millisecond,
- annual holiday,
- century,
- day,
- jubilee,
- second,
- tercentenary,
- Septennial,
- solar year,
- Octennial,
- holy days,
- silver wedding anniversary,
- biennial,
- tercentennial,
- lunar month,
- sun,
- anniversary,
- calendar month,
- minute,
- semester,
- diamond jubilee,
- Quinquennial,
- regular year,
- sesquicentennial,
- birthday,
- quincentenary,
- commemoration,
- man hour,
- Tricennial,
- fiscal year,
- luster,
- defective year,
- quasquicentennial,
- hour,
- lunar year.
How to use "Leap year" in context?
A leap year is a year with an extra day, February 29th. It is not a day of the week, it is not a month, it is not a year. It is an extra day that is added to the calendar every 4 years. This is done to correct the Julian calendar, which was created by the Roman Empire.
The Julian calendar had a year that was 365.24 days long. This was not close to the length of a year as it took about 365.25 days for the earth to go around the sun.
Homophones for Leap year:
- libra, love affair, lever, lubber, leper, lifer, live-bearer, labourer, lophophora, leaper, labor, library, louver, live wire, lay over, labour, laffer, live over, louvar, liver, lowbrow, livery, louvre, libber, Le Havre, leafhopper, layover, lobar, life peer, lyallpur, laborer, loafer, lopper, lover, liberia, leaver, looper, laver.
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- Synonyms:
- appraise, bargain, beat down, bottom out, bounce back, cap, cheapen, Capping.
