Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

The word "periodical" can be used as noun, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

bookstore

Derived Terms

e-periodical nanoperiodical nonperiodical periodical cicada periodical comet periodicalist periodicalize periodicalness photoperiodical unperiodical

Derived From

period

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

publication

Type Of (IsA)

books and magazines conceptual work series periodic document ibo media product publication published ibt published work series

Related Terms

daily editions frequently interval issued magazine magazine newspaper monthly newspaper periodic publication published regular regularly table

Similar Terms

annual biannual biennial bimestrial bimonthly biweekly biyearly cyclic daily day-after-day day-by-day day-to-day diurnal fortnightly half-hourly half-yearly hebdomadal hebdomadary hourly midweekly monthly nightly oscillating oscillatory semestral semestrial semiannual semimonthly semiweekly triennial weekly yearly

Synonym Network

magazine periodic serial

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