Holocene

/ˈhɒl.əˌsiːn/

Synonyms for "holocene" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
current epochlate quaternarymodern era

Strong matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
postglacialpostglacial era

Related words (6)

Noun(5 words)
postglacial intervalpostglacial periodrecentrecent epochrecent interval

Related word relations

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More general

5 entries
earth science termgeologic epochgeologic time scalegeologic time unitgeological epoch

More specific

6 entries
Holocene climatic optimumLittle Ice AgeMedieval Warm Periodearly Holocenelate Holocenemid Holocene

Collocations

10 entries
Holocene archaeologyHolocene boundaryHolocene climateHolocene climate changeHolocene epochHolocene human evolutionHolocene paleoclimateHolocene sedimentsHolocene warmingpostglacial transition

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The four-day conference gave those engaged in research on elephants, mammoths, mastodons and related fauna of the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs the opportunity to gather and explore the relevance of their prehistoric research in today's world.

Source: tatoeba (12095786)

Meronym: Anthropocene

Source: wiktionary

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