Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "century" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

decade

Capable Of

last one hundred years

Derived Terms

American Century centurial centuried centuries-long century break century egg century of humiliation century plant century year centuryful centurylong half a century half-century light century long eighteenth century long nineteenth century microcentury mid-century mid-century modern midcentury multicentury nanocentury of the century quarter-century semicentury sesquicentury short 20th century short twentieth century triple century turn of the century uncentury yestercentury

Distinct From

decade

Context

cricket sports us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

large integer period period of time time period

Type Of (IsA)

100 years buick car date interval between calendar days time period years

Part Of

milenium millennium

Related Terms

bicentenary bicentennial centenarian centenary centennial centurion multicentenarian multicentennial multisecular novocentenary novocentennial octocentenary octocentennial plurisecular quadricentenary quadricentennial quincentenary quincentennial secular semicentennial septicentenary septicentennial sesquicentennial sexcentenary sexcentennial tricentenary tricentennial

Related Terms

ad ancient army banknote centuriate centurion cohort decade decades denomination denotation description designation division dollar duration era first guard history hundred hundred runs hundred year hundred years innings length like like decade long long time lot lot years luxury many many years marker measure measure time measurement millennium name number old one one hundred other other name partnership period player political range roman run runs score span ten ten decades ten years thousand thousand years time time denotation time description time designation time division time duration time length time marker time measure time measurement time period time range time span time unit timer timer period twentieth twentieth hundred twenty twenty first unit year year measurement year millennium years years is years unit you

Synonym Network

centuria hundred yearhundred

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