Synonyms for hour

Most common

time of day · minute · hr

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).

   I spent an hour at lunch.

Related words

Word family

hourly

Phrases

ungodly hour blue hour amateur hour canonical hour dinner hour supper hour temporal hour twenty-four hour day

Forms

Plural

hours → microcenturies, stounds, minutes…

Example sentences

• minute The new secretary types about 70 words per minute.
• hr Mary works in the HR department of a large company.

Popularity over time

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

By length

2 letters

hr²

6 letters

minute², stound

12 letters

microcentury

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hr² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

heure

Italiano

ora

Deutsch

Stunde

Català

hora