The students' lunch period is from twelve to one.
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Period
/ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/
Synonyms for "period" (533 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (107)
Noun(25 words)
durationfull stopintervalmenstruationperiod of timespantime periodabsolutelyadventsaftermathsage of changeamount of timeandropovart periodbrezhnevcatalan duradacatameniachairmanshipchapterchapters
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Adjective(2 words)
academic termcalendar unit
accentaccentuationadjectival phraseaeonagealexandrineamountamphibrachamphimaceramplitudeanacrusisanapestannual periodantinodeantispastaphelionapodosisapogeearcheanarcheozoic
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arsisastronomical longitudeautumnal equinoxbacchiusbaseball seasonbasketball seasonbass passagebeatboundarybourdonboutbridgeburdencadencecaesuracalibercambriancarboniferouscatalexiscatameniacatamenial dischargecatastropheceaseceasingcelestial equatorcelestial longitudecelestial meridiancenozoiccessationchloriambchloriambuschoruschronologycircleclausecloseclosingclosurecodacold seasoncoloncolurescomancheancommacompassconcert seasonconclusionconstructionconsummationcontinuitycounterpointcoursescrack of doomcrestcretaceouscreticculminationcursecurtaincurtains
Strong matches (160)
cutdactyldatedaydaysde broglie wavedeathdeceasedegreedenouementdestinationdestinydevelopmentdevoniandiaeresisdiffractiondimeterdipodydiscontinuancedivision
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dochmiacdoomdry seasondurationdureeeclipticeffectelectromagnetic waveelegiacelegiac coupletelegiac pentameteremphasisendend pointendingenvoieoceneepilogueepitriteepochequatorequinoctialequinoctial circleequinoctial colureequinoxeraeschatologyexpirationexpositionexpressionextentfalderalfatefeminine caesurafigurefinal solutionfinal twitchfinal wordsfinalefinalityfinisfinishflowersfolderolfootfootball seasonfrequencyfrequency bandfrequency spectrumfull stopgalactic longitudegenerationgeocentric longitudegeodetic longitudeglacialgoalgradegreat circleguided waveharmonic closeheaded groupheightheliocentric longitudeheptameterheptapodyheroic couplethexameterhexapodyholocenehouriambiambiciambic pentameterictusidiomidiotismin phaseinstantinterferenceinterludeintermezzointervalintroductory phraseionicizzardjinglejuncturelastlast breathlast gasplast thingslast trumpetlast wordlast wordslastingnesslatter endleaplengthlevellightliltlocutionlongitudelongitudinal wavelower cretaceous
Noun(24 words)
cyondata eradetentesdotdourahearth science classendend of storyera of scientific upheavalerasflowfull pointgalileo erageological periodgerman intervallhalfharvestideological eraindeedinnings
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Adjective(10 words)
donnianfifth centurygerman historyglorious revolution erasglorious revolution periodhistoric erahistorical eraindustrial agelong durationlong stint
Verb(1 words)
keep original time
Related words (266)
lower tertiarymanner of speakingmarkmasculine caesurameasuremeasurementmechanical wavemensesmenstrual dischargemenstruationmeridianmesozoicmetermetrical accentmetrical footmetrical groupmetrical unitmetronminutemiocene
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mississippianmolossusmomentmoment of truthmonthliesmoramovementmusical phrasemusical sentencenodenotchnoun phrasenuancenumbersoff seasonoligoceneomegaorbitornamentout of phasepaeonpagepaleocenepaleozoicparagraphpartpaspassagepastpatchpausepayoffpeculiar expressionpegpennsylvanianpentameterpentapodyperigeeperihelionperiodic waveperiodicityperiodspermianperorationphasephrasal idiomphrasepitchplaneplateaupleistocenepliocenepointprecambrianpresentproceleusmaticproportionproterozoicpsychological momentpsychological timepunctuationpyrrhicquantityquaternaryquietusradio waverainy seasonrangeratiorayreachrecentrefrainreinforcementremoveresolutionresonanceresonance frequencyresponseresting placerhythmritornelloroundrungscalescopeseasonseasonablenessseasonalitysectionseismic wavesemicolonsentencesessionset phraseshadeshadowshock wavesiluriansmall circlesnapsocial seasonsolstitial coluresound wavespacespace timespace-timespanspellspondeesprung rhythmstagestairstandardstandard phrasestanzastatementstepstintstopstoppagestopping placestrainstreakstressstretchstylesurface wavesuspensionswan songswingsyntactic structuresyzygytailpiecetensetermterminalterminationterminustertiarytetrametertetrapodytetrasemethat timethe cursethe futurethe pastthe presentthe seasonthesistidal wavetidetimetime lagtime of yeartimebindingtrajectorytransverse wavetreadtriassictribrachtrimetertripodytrisemetrocheetroughturn of expressionturn of phrasetuttitutti passageupper cretaceousupper tertiaryusageutterancevariationverb complexverb phraseverbalismvernal equinoxversewavewave equationwave motionwave numberwavelengthway of speakingwhilewindupword-groupyearszzodiaczone
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(46 words)
Determiner(2 words)
one monththe terms
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: duration, full stop, interval, menstruation, period of time.
- Sentence evidence is available for period, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, opengloss, wordnet, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "period".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "period"
Keep "period" 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
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "period" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "period", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "period" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
21 entriesday partdischargedivisionemissionendendingexclamationexpellingfundamental measurefundamental quantitygeologic timegeological timeintervalpartpunctuationpunctuation mark
Showing 16 of 21 words.
More specific
13 entriesCollocations
11 entriescalendar periodclass periodend of periodgrading periodhistorical periodperiod lengthperiod of timeperiod punctuationperiodic sentenceperiodic tableschool period
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
112 translations across 46 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- periodike noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- periudhë noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Arabic
4 entries- حَدَث مُتَكَرِّر noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- حِين noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- عَصْر noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- فَتْرَة noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Armenian
4 entries- ժամականաշրջան noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- շրջան noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- պարբերություն noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- փուլ noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Belarusian
1 entries- перы́яд noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Bulgarian
2 entries- епо́ха noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- перио́д noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Catalan
1 entries- període noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- دەم noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 時代 /时代 noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- 週期 /周期 noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Czech
2 entries- období noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- perioda noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Dari
2 entries- دَورَه noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- مُدَّت noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Dutch
2 entries- periode noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- periode noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Finnish
4 entries- aika noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- ajanjakso noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- jakso noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- jaksonaika noun (length of time during which something repeats)
French
3 entries- cycle noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- période noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- période noun (length of time during which something repeats)
German
3 entries- Epoche noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- Periode noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- Zeitraum noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Greek
2 entries- περίοδος noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- περίοδος noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Hebrew
1 entries- תְּקוּפָה noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Hindi
3 entries- अवधि noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- काल noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- युग noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Hungarian
4 entries- ciklus noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- fázis noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- időszak noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- kor noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Indonesian
2 entries- masa noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- masa noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- دُورِه noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- مُدَّت noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Italian
2 entries- periodo noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- periodo noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Japanese
2 entries- 周期 noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- 時代 noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Kazakh
1 entries- кезең noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Korean
2 entries- 시대 noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- 주기 noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- доор noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- мезгил noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Macedonian
1 entries- перио́д noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Malayalam
1 entries- കാലഘട്ടം noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- periode noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- periode noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- æra noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Polish
3 entries- cykl noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- okres noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- period noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Portuguese
2 entries- período noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- período noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Romanian
1 entries- perioadă noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Russian
3 entries- пери́од noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- пери́од noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- цикл noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- àm noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- ùine noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- ùine noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dȏba noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- perìod noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- perìod noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- rázdōblje noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Slovak
3 entries- obdobie noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- perióda noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- perióda noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Slovene
3 entries- doba noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- obdobje noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- perioda noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Spanish
4 entries- periodo noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- periodo noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- período noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- período noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Swahili
3 entries- muda noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- muda noun (length of time during which something repeats)
- zamani noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Swedish
2 entries- period noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- tidsperiod noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Tagalog
3 entries- panahon noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- puktol noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- takda noun (length of time during which something repeats)
Tajik
2 entries- давра noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- муддат noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Turkish
1 entries- dönem noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пері́од noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Urdu
2 entries- دَور noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- کال noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Uzbek
1 entries- davr noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Vietnamese
2 entries- giai đoạn noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
- thời kì noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Sample sentences
51 total sentences available.
We have English third period.
Source: tatoeba (26302)
The party stayed in Kyoto for a short period.
Source: tatoeba (27787)
Recession is a temporary falling off of business activity during a period when such activity is generally increasing.
Source: tatoeba (29685)
Showing 4 of 51 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "period"?
Closest matches include duration, full stop, interval, menstruation, period of time.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "period"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.