Definition for Period:

• The time in which anything is performed: ( astr.) the time occupied by a body in its revolution: a stated and recurring interval of time: a series of years: length of duration: the time at which anything ends: conclusion: ( gram.) a mark at the end of a sentence (.): ( rhet.) a complete sentence. See DATE, EPOCH, ERA.

Synonyms for Period:

• adj.

  •retro (adjective)
  • in period style,
  • out of date,
  • Old World,
  • old fashioned,
  • passer,
  • oldfashioned.
  •terminal (adjective)
  • in curable,
  • more bounding,
  • most limiting,
  • laggest,
  • most bounding,
  • in-curable,
  • most killing,
  • hind-most,
  • hind most,
  • more limiting,
  • more killing.

• n.

  •age (noun)
  • age,
  • oldness,
  • longevity,
  • eon,
  • epoch.
  •catamenia (noun)
  • catamenia.
  •close (noun)
  • windups,
  • windup,
  • Desistance.
  •conclusion (noun)
  • end the line,
  • out-come,
  • up shots,
  • out-comes,
  • out comes,
  • out come,
  • up shot,
  • up-shots,
  • up-shot.
  •continuance (noun)
  • ex tension,
  • ex-tension,
  • pro-tractions,
  • pro tractions,
  • ex-tensions,
  • pro-traction,
  • pro traction.
  •course (noun)
  • discussion groups.
  •cycle (noun)
  • re volution,
  • isochronisms,
  • re-volutions,
  • re volutions,
  • re-volution.
  •day (noun)
  • height,
  • years.
  •degree (noun)
  • plane,
  • rung,
  • tier,
  • stairs,
  • severity,
  • tenor,
  • stair.
  •due date (noun)
  • deadline.
  •duration (noun)
  • continuance,
  • spell,
  • persistence,
  • interim,
  • measure.
  •end (noun)
  • close,
  • exit,
  • conclusion,
  • accomplishment,
  • closing,
  • end,
  • finish,
  • death,
  • culmination,
  • expiration,
  • demise,
  • finale,
  • terminus,
  • checkmate,
  • termination,
  • halt,
  • completion,
  • cessation.
  •ending (noun)
  • closure,
  • stop,
  • omega,
  • discontinuance,
  • limit.
  •estate (noun)
  • re-pairs,
  • re pair,
  • re-pair,
  • re pairs.
  •extent of time (noun)
  • space,
  • while,
  • stretch,
  • stage,
  • days,
  • term.
  •full point (noun)
  • full point.
  •full stop (noun)
  • screeching halt,
  • decimal point,
  • dead stop.
  •geological period (noun)
  • geological period.
  •historical period (noun)
  • historical period.
  •historic period (noun)
  • historic period.
  •period of time (noun)
  • time frame.
  •point (noun)
  • point time,
  • very minutes.
  •point of time (noun)
  • century,
  • millennium,
  • month,
  • millisecond,
  • microsecond,
  • decade,
  • minute,
  • week,
  • second.
  •session (noun)
  • gettogether.
  •shift (noun)
  • working times.
  •spread (noun)
  • dis-seminations,
  • trans fusion,
  • in-crease,
  • dis semination,
  • in crease,
  • pro-fusions,
  • trans missions,
  • pro fusions,
  • in-creases,
  • trans fusions,
  • pro-fusion,
  • trans mission,
  • trans-mission,
  • dis-semination,
  • trans-fusions,
  • trans-fusion,
  • in creases,
  • dis seminations.
  •stopping point (noun)
  • wind-up,
  • sign off,
  • sign-off,
  • signoff.
  •suspension (noun)
  • de-ferments,
  • quiescencies,
  • re spites,
  • dis-continuation,
  • breathing spells,
  • dis continuation,
  • heave ho,
  • dis-continuations,
  • disbarments,
  • heaveho,
  • dis continuing,
  • heavehos,
  • concludings,
  • dis-continuing,
  • re mission,
  • re spite,
  • re missions,
  • re-spites,
  • re-missions,
  • discontinuings,
  • dis continuations,
  • heave-hos,
  • de-ferment,
  • de ferment,
  • de ferments,
  • heave hos,
  • re-mission.
  •termination (noun)
  • ballgames,
  • kissoff,
  • wrap-ups,
  • kissoffs,
  • kiss-offs,
  • kiss offs,
  • wrap ups,
  • wrapups,
  • wrapup.
  •time (noun)
  • period,
  • period of time,
  • time period.
  •time frame (noun)
  • timespans,
  • lapse time,
  • time-frame.
  •turn (noun)
  • go arounds.
  •unit of measurement (noun)
  • degree.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • recess,
  • study hall,
  • school night,
  • stopping point,
  • half-day,
  • school day,
  • school lunch,
  • lights-out,
  • after-school,
  • free period,
  • extended school.
  •
  • assembly,
  • wind up,
  • plateau,
  • circle,
  • consummation.
  •
  • wrap up,
  • class,
  • timetable,
  • lesson.
  •
  • anyway,
  • school.
  •
  • anyhow,
  • cease.
  •
  • well.
  •
  • O.K..

Paraphrases for Period:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    time, era.
  • Noun, plural
    moments, seasons, maturities, durations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    time-period, periodicity, epoch, sub-period, time, era.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, plural
    holdings.
  • Proper noun, singular
    newspapers, Drills, Houses, Rights, covers, Temps, data, women, goods.
  • Noun, plural
    intervals, offenders, extensions, transmissions, explanations, weeks, Premiums, Remittances, dates, situations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Criteria, Chairmen, Bis, takes, data, timescale, timespan, time-frame, episode, meantime, installment, mandate, juncture, timetable, menstruation, lapse.
  • Verb, past tense
    Occurred, covered, Were.
  • Verb, past participle
    Submitted.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    are.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    occurs, lasts, runs.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    time-limit, time-frame.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    time-limit, moment, expiration.
  • Verb, base form
    time.

Antonyms for Period:

• n.

  • ending
    commencement, start, introduction, continuation, beginning, opening.

Holonyms for Period:

• n.

  • time
    playing period, period of play, play.

Hypernym for Period:

• n.

  • time
    elapsed time, millenary, hours, tour of duty, Quadrennium, midweek, lactation, years, dawn, incubation period, half-life, tour, life, Drouth, time, year, long haul, peak, term, long run, epoch, silver age, lifespan, Canicular Days, prohibition, generation, run, forenoon, half life, blossom, yr, night, noviciate, long time, trimester, lunar time period, sleep, lease, early days, question time, mid-june, calendar week, downtime, time of life, hebdomad, orbit period, decade, work time, heyday, life-time, canicule, uptime, mid-august, daylight, mid-december, golden age, indiction, mid-april, shelf life, platonic year, two weeks, calendar month, nighttime, overtime, prehistoric culture, continuance, morning time, time of year, evening, air alert, Quinquennium, bloom, mid-february, quarter-century, travel time, regulation time, day, prehistory, bronze age, flush, great year, puerperium, season, semester, quarter, month, fortnight, usance, mid-july, field day, school day, schooltime, century, mid-october, dark, window, mid-january, Indian Summer, tide, bimillennium, time off, trial period, time limit, twelvemonth, mid-november, olympiad, phase, school, rainy day, prime, prohibition era, peacetime, age, lustrum, real time, phase of the moon, extra time, drought, bimester, duty tour, calendar day, running time, decennary, honeymoon, dog days, half-century, mid-september, eve, morn, morning, mid-march, daytime, term of enlistment, enlistment, nap, iron age, term of a contract, occupation, wartime, time frame, festival, era, times, midwinter, mid-may, saint martin's summer, past, efflorescence, novitiate, reign, flower, bimillenary, week, millennium, hitch, grace period, clotting time, lifetime, youth, hour, hospitalization, civil day, weekend, duration, decennium, test period, bout, grace, silly season, multistage, watch, study hall, stage.

Hyponym for Period:

• n.

  • time
    division, fundamental measure, part, fundamental quantity, ending, end, interval, time interval, section.