Synonyms for year
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Specific uses
fiscal year, school year, quality-adjusted life year, tax year, financial year UK, accounting year, base year, dog year
2. Lunar year — an orbital period, the period of one revolution in any particular orbit, The time it takes for any…
lunar year, tropical year, sidereal year, galactic year, anomalistic year
3. Twelvemonth — A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons. The time taken for…
annum, sun, solar year, equinoctial year, twelvemonth dated
4. Calendar year — A period between set dates that mark a year, such as from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar…
Definitions
- n. 1
A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons. The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.
- n. 2
An orbital period: the period of one revolution in any particular orbit: The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.
Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.
- n. 3
A period between set dates that mark a year, such as from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
I was born in the year 1950.
- n. 4
A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- years → annums, suns, twelvemonths, classes…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| year | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- yr
- 3 letters
- sun1, orb1
- 5 letters
- class1, annum2
- 11 letters
- twelvemonth
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (annum2 = 2 syllables).