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DECADES Synonyms

There are 11 synonyms of the word decades. (exact relations)
There are 4 hypernyms of the word decades. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for DECADES

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years
nounn
noun

• a late time of life

• a prolonged period of time

• the time during which someone's life continues

ages
nounn
noun

• how long something has existed

• an era of history having some distinctive feature

• a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises

• a prolonged period of time

• a late time of life

verb

• begin to seem older; get older

• grow old or older

• make older

epochs
nounn
noun

• a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

• (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded

• a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages

eras
verb, nounv, n
noun

• (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched

• a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

• a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods

periods
nounn
noun

• an amount of time

• the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon

• (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games

• a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed

• the end or completion of something

• the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

decennary
nounn
noun

• a period of 10 years

decennium
nounn
noun

• a period of 10 years

ten
nounn
noun

• the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

• one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face

adjective satellite

• being one more than nine

tenner
nounn
noun

• the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

• a United States bill worth 10 dollars

10
noun

• the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

adjective satellite

• being one more than nine

x
nounn
noun

• the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet

• the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

• the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet

• street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

adjective satellite

• being one more than nine

Best Hypernyms For DECADES

Here is a list of related hypernyms for decades, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (1)
period
Phrases (3)
large integerperiod of timetime period

Alternatives for YEARS

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