Era

/ˈɪə.ɹə/

Synonyms for "era" (101 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (21)

Noun(17 words)
epochageperiodaeonaeonsage of changeagesandropovap history periodart periodbrezhnevcenturychaptercinemascopecivil rights eracivil rights era historycycle
agebronze agedark ages
Adjective(1 words)
ancient history unit

Strong matches (30)

Noun(15 words)
data eradaydetentesdispensationsearned run averageeoceneeoneonsepochsgenerationgeological erageology unitgovernment administrationgreat yearhistory period
datedaysdepression eraepochglacial epochgolden age
Adjective(8 words)
donnianfifth centurygerman historyglorious revolution erasglorious revolution periodhistoric erahistoric periodhistorical period
Verb(1 words)
forbid by law

Related words (50)

ice ageiron agejacksonian agemiddle agesnew deal erapageprohibition erasilver agestagesteel agestone agetermtime
Noun(27 words)
ideological eraintervalleadership periodmilieumillenniamillenniumsold high german weraltpachaphaseplatonic yearpresidenciesprohibitionreaganreignsrevolutionary eraromanesque periodsilurianspanish edadsultanatetime
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time adverb termtudortwentiesvintagevintageswhensworld history period
Adjective(8 words)
industrial agejurassicmajor historical periodmodern world historymusical movementnoachianprogressive eratime related descriptor
Verb(1 words)
keep original time
Determiner(1 words)
whole chapter

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: epoch, age, period, aeon, aeons.
  • Sentence evidence is available for era, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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When not to replace "era"

Keep "era" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

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Final fit check

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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "era" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

11 entries
criteriongeologic timegeological timehistorical periodmeasureperiodperiod of timestandardtime periodtime spantouchstone

More specific

7 entries
Digital eraIndustrial eraJazz eraRenaissance eraRomantic eraStone AgeVictorian era

Collocations

6 entries
Victorian eraancient eragolden eramedieval eramodern eranew era

Inflections

1 entries

slang related

2 entries

Translations

174 translations across 74 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • erë noun (time period)
  • mot noun (time period)

Arabic

3 entries
  • زَمَان noun (time period)
  • عَصْر noun (time period)
  • عُصُور noun (time period)

Armenian

2 entries
  • դարաշրջան noun (time period)
  • ժամանակաշրջան noun (time period)

Asturian

2 entries
  • era noun (time period)
  • época noun (time period)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • dövr noun (time period)
  • era noun (time period)
  • zaman noun (time period)
  • əsr noun (time period)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • дәүер noun (time period)
  • заман noun (time period)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • э́ра noun (time period)
  • эпо́ха noun (time period)

Bengali

3 entries
  • কাল noun (time period)
  • জমানা noun (time period)
  • যুগ noun (time period)

Breton

2 entries
  • amzervezh noun (time period)
  • hoalad noun (time period)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • е́ра noun (time period)
  • епо́ха noun (time period)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ခေတ် noun (time period)
  • ယုဂ် noun (time period)

Catalan

3 entries
  • era noun (time period)
  • període noun (time period)
  • època noun (time period)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 時代 /时代 noun (time period)
  • 紀元 /纪元 noun (time period)

Czech

3 entries
  • epocha noun (time period)
  • období noun (time period)
  • éra noun (time period)

Danish

1 entries
  • æra noun (time period)

Dutch

4 entries
  • era noun (time period)
  • periode noun (time period)
  • tijdperk noun (time period)
  • tijdrekening noun (time period)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • r:k-hrw noun (time period)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • erao noun (time period)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ajastu noun (time period)

Finnish

3 entries
  • aika noun (time period)
  • aikakausi noun (time period)
  • ajanjakso noun (time period)

French

3 entries
  • période noun (time period)
  • ère noun (time period)
  • époque noun (time period)

Galician

2 entries
  • era noun (time period)
  • época noun (time period)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დრო noun (time period)
  • ერა noun (time period)

German

2 entries
  • Epoche noun (time period)
  • Ära noun (time period)

Greek

2 entries
  • εποχή noun (time period)
  • περίοδος noun (time period)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • עידן \ עִדָּן noun (time period)
  • תְּקוּפָה noun (time period)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अनुयुग noun (time period)
  • काल noun (time period)
  • ज़माना noun (time period)
  • युग noun (time period)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • kor noun (time period)
  • korszak noun (time period)
  • éra noun (time period)

Ido

1 entries
  • ero noun (time period)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • era noun (time period)
  • jaman noun (time period)
  • masa noun (time period)
  • periode noun (time period)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • دُوْرِه noun (time period)
  • زَمان noun (time period)
  • زَمانِه noun (time period)
  • عَصْر noun (time period)

Italian

2 entries
  • epoca noun (time period)
  • era noun (time period)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 時代 noun (time period)
  • 紀元 noun (time period)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • idadi noun (time period)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • дәуір noun (time period)
  • заман noun (time period)

Khmer

3 entries
  • កាល noun (time period)
  • យុគ noun (time period)
  • សម័យ noun (time period)

Korean

2 entries
  • 기원 noun (time period)
  • 시대 noun (time period)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • доор noun (time period)
  • заман noun (time period)
  • эра noun (time period)

Lao

3 entries
  • ຍຸກ noun (time period)
  • ສະໃໝ noun (time period)
  • ສໄມ noun (time period)

Latin

1 entries
  • aetas noun (time period)

Latvian

2 entries
  • laikmets noun (time period)
  • ēra noun (time period)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • era noun (time period)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ера noun (time period)

Malay

3 entries
  • masa noun (time period)
  • tarikh noun (time period)
  • zaman noun (time period)

Marathi

2 entries
  • काळ noun (time period)
  • युग noun (time period)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • цаг noun (time period)
  • эрин үе noun (time period)
  • үе noun (time period)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • dewr noun (time period)
  • zeman noun (time period)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • epoke noun (time period)
  • tidsalder noun (time period)
  • tidsepoke noun (time period)
  • æra noun (time period)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • epoke noun (time period)
  • tidsalder noun (time period)
  • tidsepoke noun (time period)
  • æra noun (time period)

Pashto

3 entries
  • دوره noun (time period)
  • زمانه noun (time period)
  • عصر noun (time period)

Polish

1 entries
  • era noun (time period)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • era noun (time period)
  • época noun (time period)

Romanian

3 entries
  • epocă noun (time period)
  • eră noun (time period)
  • perioadă noun (time period)

Russian

2 entries
  • э́ра noun (time period)
  • эпо́ха noun (time period)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • युग noun (time period)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • éra noun (time period)
  • е́ра noun (time period)

Slovak

3 entries
  • epocha noun (time period)
  • obdobie noun (time period)
  • éra noun (time period)

Slovene

1 entries
  • era noun (time period)

Spanish

4 entries
  • era noun (time period)
  • evo noun (time period)
  • período noun (time period)
  • época noun (time period)

Swedish

2 entries
  • era noun (time period)
  • tidevarv noun (time period)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • higtion noun (time period)

Tajik

4 entries
  • аср noun (time period)
  • давр noun (time period)
  • давра noun (time period)
  • замон noun (time period)

Tatar

2 entries
  • дәвер noun (time period)
  • заман noun (time period)

Telugu

2 entries
  • యుగం noun (time period)
  • శకం noun (time period)

Thai

3 entries
  • กาล noun (time period)
  • ยุค noun (time period)
  • สมัย noun (time period)

Turkish

4 entries
  • asır noun (time period)
  • devir noun (time period)
  • çağ noun (time period)
  • çığır noun (time period)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • döwür noun (time period)
  • zaman noun (time period)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • вапум noun (time period)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • е́ра noun (time period)
  • епо́ха noun (time period)

Urdu

3 entries
  • زَمان noun (time period)
  • زَمانَہ m دَور noun (time period)
  • عَصْر noun (time period)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • دەۋر noun (time period)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • asr noun (time period)
  • davr noun (time period)
  • epoxa noun (time period)
  • era noun (time period)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • kỉ nguyên noun (time period)
  • thời đại noun (time period)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • dem (diq) noun (time period)
  • dewr (diq) noun (time period)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I am in my fitness era.

Source: slang_seed

The revolution ushered in a new era.

Source: tatoeba (21658)

We are in the era of atomic energy.

Source: tatoeba (22976)

The invention of the transistor introduced a new era.

Source: tatoeba (36921)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "era"?

Closest matches include epoch, age, period, aeon, aeons.

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