Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Intj

The word "period" can be used as noun, verb, adjective and intj.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

comma frequency

Typical Location

end of line end of sentence history school sentence

Capable Of

end sentence finish sentence

Coordinate Terms

group

Defined As

same as menses

Derived Terms

Baroque period Classical period Hamilton period Julian period Meiji period Nara period Pisano period Protoliterate period Romantic period Sothic period Uruk period accounting period closed period common practice period contract period cooling-off period critical period double period eigenperiod foreperiod free period gestation period glacial period grace period grand period of growth gyroperiod half-period honeymoon period hydroperiod incubation period intraperiod long-period medium-period menstrual period menstruation period midperiod modern period multiperiod nonperiod notice period on one's period operational service period ovulatory period period diaper period doubling period drama period of time period pain period panties period pants period piece period play period poverty period shits periodical periodization periodize periodlike periodogram periodoscope periodt photoperiod probationary period pseudo-period pseudoperiod pseudoperiodic psychological refractory period question period refractory period rotation period rotational period scotoperiod semi-period semiperiod short period comet short-period short-period comet sidereal orbital period sidereal period sidereal rotation period subperiod sunrise period synodic period thermoperiod time of pericentre passage time period turned period waiting period wash-up period xerothermic period zero period

Derived From

mesolithic

Context

chemistry genetics geology ice hockey medicine north america rhetoric

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

chrononym discharge division emission end ending expelling fundamental measure fundamental quantity geologic time geological time interval part punctuation punctuation mark section time interval

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

biennium century day decade decennium eon fortnight geological period halfmonth hour interregnum leave of absence lifetime millennium minute moment month night novennium octennium quadrennium quarter quinquennium second semester septennium sexennium tour of duty triennium trimester uncertain period week year

Type Of (IsA)

end era geological time given amount of time part punctuation time interval

Part Of

era history playing period punctuation

Related Terms

. Canada) apostrophe brace bracket colon comma curly brackets dash ellipsis era exclamation mark fraction slash full stop or period guillemet hyphen interpunct interrobang parentheses (US periodic periodicity periodicize question mark quotation marks semicolon slash space square bracket stroke

Related Terms

abbreviation blood circadian rhythm comma conclude conclusion disease dot drosophila end ending epoch era final final point full full stop gene gene product girls historical in sentence length mark menstruation moment monthly monthly visitor pain periodic periodic table phenomenon planet point punctuation punctuation mark recur regulation rotation row school sentence sentence ending sentence punctuation sentences stage stop subdivision time time unit unit visitor wave woman woman monthly womans womans pain women

Synonym Network

full stop menstruation point time period timespan

Used For

keeping time marking end of sentence separating chunks of time signaling end of sentence

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.