Synonyms for time

38 synonyms
2 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

day moment space period schedule measure clock time fourth dimension

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Day — an instant of time. An instance or occurrence

day, period, moment, space, while, minute, season, occasion, age, point, era, opportunity, duration, date, interval, span, term, juncture, epoch, spell, sith dated

2. Long — clipping of a long time

long, ages

Other

tense, schedule, measure, leisure, fourth dimension, clock time, sentence, tempo, meter US, metre UK, clip, eon US, aeon UK, bird, birdy CA

Verb

clock, set, regulate

Definitions

n. 1
An instant of time. An instance or occurrence.
That’s three times he’s made the same mistake.
n. 2
The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time
v. 1
To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.

Related words

Word family: time-consuming time-expired timeful time-honored time-intensive time-keeper timeless timely
Phrases: waste time time interval time-off in time time and again no time free time period of time

Forms

Plural: times → days, periods, moments, spaces…
Past participle: timed
e.g. timed → clocked, setted, regulated…

Choose the right word

Time, Harvest, Harvest-Tide, Harvest-Time or Tide?

As regards time, harvest, harvest-tide, and harvest-time alike denote the period or season when the crops are or should be gathered (tide being simply the old Saxon word for time).

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

day We bargained that we should go on a five-day week.
moment Could you keep an eye on my suitcase for a moment?
space It won't be long before we can enjoy space travel.
period We will have a period of orientation for freshmen.
schedule We'll find more engineers to recover the schedule.
measure Gauges are used to measure the thickness of wire.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
time		steady
day		steady
moment		rising
space		steady
period		falling
schedule		falling

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

By length

3 letters: day¹, set¹, age¹, era², eon²
4 letters: long¹, date¹, term¹, bird¹, ages², clip¹, span¹, sith, aeon
5 letters: while¹, point¹, space¹, spell¹, clock¹, meter², tense¹, metre², tempo², epoch², birdy²
6 letters: season², period³, moment², minute²
7 letters: measure², leisure²
8 letters: schedule², sentence², occasion³, duration³, regulate³, interval³, juncture²
11 letters: opportunity⁵

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

In other languages

Français: temps
Español: tiempo
Català: temps