Synonyms for DECADE
ˈdɛk eɪd; Brit. also dɪˈkeɪddecade

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 13 votes

1. decadenoun

   Synonyms:
   decennium

2. decadenoun

   A series or group of ten things.

   a decade of soldiers

   Synonyms:
   decennium

3. decadenoun

   A period of ten years.

   Synonyms:
   decennium

4. decadenoun

   A group of ten days under the French Revolutionary calendar.

   Synonyms:
   decennium

5. decadenoun

   A series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary.

   Synonyms:
   decennium

6. decadenoun

   The interval between any two quantities having the ratio 10 to 1.

   There are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003.

   Synonyms:
   decennium

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.7 / 10 votes

1. decade, decennary, decenniumnoun

   a period of 10 years

   Synonyms:
   decennium, ten, decennary, tenner, decade

2. ten, 10, X, tenner, decadenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   decade, cristal, ten-spot, ten, go, disco biscuit, ecstasy, ex, decennium, tenner, decennary, hug drug, ten dollar bill

Matched Categories

1. • Large Integer
   • Time Period

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.6 / 5 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "decade":

   10-year, idndr, ten, decade-long, ten-year, 10

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1. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden:

   A decade after intelligence leaders secretly created a program to violate the privacy of millions of law-abiding Americans, we are on the verge of finally shutting it down.

2. Douglas Barrie:

   In the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union UAV RD was neglected, and it is only in the past decade or so that Russia has re-focused attention on this area of military capability.

3. John F. Kennedy, Rice University speech on September 12, 1962:

   We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy - but because they are hard! Because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone and one we intend to win!

4. President Barack Obama:

   Last year, Vice President Biden said that with a new moonshot, America can cure cancer. Last month, he worked with this Congress to give scientists at the National Institutes of Health the strongest resources they've had in over a decade, (Because) he's gone to the mat for all of us, on so many issues over the past forty years, I'm putting Joe in charge of Mission Control.

5. Michael Beckley:

   If Russia and China are each fighting back-to-back in their own regions, that's going to overstretch American forces, give them each opportunities to make inroads in their own regions and I think heightens the risk of a conflict over something like Taiwan this decade.