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Synonyms for date

Most common

age period epoch

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Age — to make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or…

age, time, period, epoch, obsolesce rare, elden dated

2. Go out

go out, go, go steady informal dated

Other

see, antedate rare

Noun

1. Appointment

appointment, engagement

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

    This show hasn't dated well.

  2. v. 2

    To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

    to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter

  3. n. 1

    The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.

    We made a nice cake from dates.

Forms

Plural
dates → appointments, engagements, eras, escorts…
Past participle
dated
e.g. dated → aged, timed, perioded, epoched…

Example sentences

  • age You should know better than to ask a lady her age.
  • period We will have a period of orientation for freshmen.
  • epoch His description of that epoch is fascinating.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
datefalling
agesteady
periodfalling
epochfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
go1
3 letters
see1, age1, era2
4 letters
time1
5 letters
epoch2, elden2
6 letters
period3, escort2
8 letters
antedate
9 letters
obsolesce
10 letters
engagement3
11 letters
appointment3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (era2 = 2 syllables).

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