Synonyms for decade
ˈdɛk eɪd; Brit. also dɪˈkeɪddecade

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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

2. ten, 10, X, tenner, decadenoun

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

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

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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. Lawrence Ferguson:

   Will was one of the best in our formation, with more than a decade of service in the Regiment at all levels of noncommissioned officer leadership. We will focus now on supporting his Family and honoring his legacy and sacrifice.

2. Curt Cashour:

   Whether the handful of events took place close to a decade ago or 15-20 years ago, Secretary Wilkie gave his best recollection of his participation in them, and emphasized that they were strictly historical in nature, almost all official and bipartisan, and he stopped participating in them once the issue became divisive, he was not aware that the remarks had been published, and, as he stated, he did not keep copies of the remarks.

3. Neil Ferguson:

   Slowing transmission between people means the population will take longer to reach the level of herd immunity needed for transmission to stop. It might also mean that the window between epidemics - which we predict may be over a decade - could actually get shorter.

4. Fox News anchor Bret Baier:

   1984 marked the 35th anniversary of the Peoples Republic of China, according to the World Bank, Chinas economic growth had now reached 10 percent per year. It would remain there for more than a decade.

5. Elizabeth Warren:

   A decade ago, there were zero major solar power projects on public lands. Today, the Bureau of Land Management has approved 11,000 megawatts of renewable wind, solar, and geothermal projects?, but to make a real dent in the problem, we're going to need a whole lot more.