Synonyms for period
ˈpɪər i ədpe·ri·od

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1. periodnoun

   A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.

   This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.

   Synonyms:
   full stop

2. periodnoun

   Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.

   I have math class in second period.

   Synonyms:
   full stop

3. periodnoun

   Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.

   Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.

   Synonyms:
   full stop

4. periodnoun

   A row in the periodic table of the elements.

   Synonyms:
   full stop

5. periodnoun

   A Drosophila gene which gene product is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm

   Synonyms:
   full stop

6. periodnoun

   two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase)

   Synonyms:
   full stop

7. periodinterjection

   Antonyms:
   frequency

8. periodnoun

   Appropriate for a given historical era.

   When I say eat your dinner, it means eat your dinner, period!

   Synonyms:
   full stop

9. periodnoun

   An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.

   Synonyms:
   full stop

10. periodnoun

    A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.

    Food rationing continued in the post-war period.

    Synonyms:
    full stop

11. periodnoun

    A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.

    Synonyms:
    full stop

12. periodnoun

    The punctuation mark . (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).

    Synonyms:
    full stop

13. periodnoun

    A length of time.

    Synonyms:
    full stop

14. periodnoun

    The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.

    Synonyms:
    full stop

15. periodnoun

    A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.

    Synonyms:
    full stop

16. periodnoun

    Female menstruation.

    When she is on her period she can be more disagreeable than usual

    Synonyms:
    full stop

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. periodnoun

   The end is the terminal part of a material object that has length; the extremity is distinctively the terminal point, and may thus be but part of the end in the general sense of that word; the extremity is viewed as that which is most remote from some center, or some mean or standard position; the southern end of South America includes all Patagonia, the southern extremity or point is Cape Horn. Tip has nearly the same meaning as extremity, but is said of small or slight and tapering objects; as, the tip of the finger; point in such connections is said of that which is drawn out to exceeding fineness or sharpness, as the point of a needle, a fork, or a sword; extremity is said of something considerable; we do not speak of the extremity of a needle. Terminus is chiefly used to designate the end of a line of travel or transportation: specifically, the furthermost station in any direction on a railway, or by extension the town or village where it is situated. Termination is the Latin and more formal word for the Saxon end, but is chiefly used of time, words, undertakings, or abstractions of any kind. Expiration signifies the coming to an end in the natural course of things; as, the expiration of a year, or of a lease; it is used of things of some consequence; we do not ordinarily speak of the expiration of an hour or of a day. Limit implies some check to or restraint upon further advance, right, or privilege; as, the limits of an estate (compare BOUNDARY). A goal is an end sought or striven for, as in a race. For the figurative senses of end and its associated words, compare the synonyms for the verb END; also for AIM; CONSEQUENCE; DESIGN.

   See synonyms for BEGINNING.

   Synonyms:
   accomplishment, achievement, bound, boundary, cessation, close, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, design, effect, end, end, expiration, extent, extremity, finale, finis, finish, fulfilment, goal, intent, issue, limit, outcome, point, purpose, result, termination, terminus, tip, utmost, uttermost

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. period

   Synonyms:
   time, date, epoch, era, age, duration, continuance, limit, bound, end, conclusion, determination

   Antonyms:
   eternity, datelessness, immemoriality, infinity, perpetuity, illimitability, endlessness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. time period, period of time, periodnoun

   an amount of time

   "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

   Synonyms:
   stop, period of time, catamenia, menstruum, menstruation, geological period, full point, time period, menses, point, flow, full stop

2. periodnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   stop, period of time, catamenia, menstruum, menstruation, geological period, full point, time period, menses, point, flow, full stop

3. periodnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   stop, period of time, catamenia, menstruum, menstruation, geological period, full point, time period, menses, point, flow, full stop

4. period, geological periodnoun

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

   "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"

   Synonyms:
   stop, period of time, catamenia, menstruum, menstruation, geological period, full point, time period, menses, point, flow, full stop

5. periodnoun

   the end or completion of something

   "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility"

   Synonyms:
   stop, period of time, catamenia, menstruum, menstruation, geological period, full point, time period, menses, point, flow, full stop

6. menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flownoun

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

   "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle

   Synonyms:
   menstruum, flow rate, current, flowing, menses, menstruation, period of time, full point, stream, full stop, catamenia, time period, stop, flow, point, geological period, rate of flow

7. period, point, full stop, stop, full pointnoun

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

   "in England they call a period a stop"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, occlusion, plosive, spot, menses, halt, catamenia, dot, period of time, stop, head, full stop, gunpoint, peak, flow, plosive speech sound, diaphragm, point, point in time, blockage, percentage point, breaker point, catch, full point, stop consonant, block, menstruation, time period, stopover, layover, level, occlusive, stage, degree, pointedness, stoppage, arrest, power point, stay, detail, decimal point, distributor point, item, plosive consonant, geological period, compass point, menstruum, tip, closure, check

Matched Categories

1. • Discharge
   • Division
   • End
   • Fundamental Quantity
   • Geological Time
   • Hockey
   • Punctuation Mark
   • Time Interval

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. periodnoun

   Synonyms:
   cycle, circle of time, revolution of time, round of years

2. periodnoun

   Synonyms:
   time, term, era, epoch, date, age

3. periodnoun

   Synonyms:
   end, limit, bound, termination, conclusion

4. periodnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Rhet.) sentence (full or completed), proposition

5. periodnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Gram.) dot, full stop

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1. periodnoun

   Synonyms:
   interval

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1. List of paraphrases for "period":

   duration, time, term, periods, deadline, exercise, length, era, timeframe, période, phase, during, periodo, times, time-limit, delay, stage, span, session, biennium, season, bucket, year, reporting, interval

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How to use period in a sentence?

1. David Littleproud:

   I'll be asking the auditor-general to look at all purchases of all political persuasions over the last period since 2008 to make sure that we can give confidence to the community.

2. Avril Haines:

   At the very least, we believe the dichotomy will usher in a period of more ad hoc decision-making in The Russians, both with respect to the domestic adjustments required to sustain this push, as well as the military conflict with Ukraine and the west.

3. Myron Ebell:

   Ten thousand years ago, you can look at the record and we have warmer temperatures on the Earth than we do today. Because it goes up and down, we've had freezing periods in the 1970s. They said it was going to be a new cooling period. And now it gets warmer and gets colder, and that's called Mother Nature. But the idea that hurricanes or wildfires were caused just in the last few years is just fallacy.

4. Neil Saunders:

   After a year of defying gravity, the slowing economy and pressures on consumers have finally caught up with Home Depot, our data show that the number of improvement projects done by consumers fell over the prior year as people conserved cash for other activities over the holiday period.

5. Ioannis Ieropoulos:

   We were challenged by Oxfam to think about lighting urinals that they would use in refugee camps. So this is the result of that conversation. And it's basically a live trial to demonstrate the microbial fuel cell technology over a long period of time; how it can continuously generate electricity from urine in real time.