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Synonyms for years

  • noun

Most common

ages age old-age life-time days

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Unusually long time

ages, eternity, eon US, aeon UK, donkey's UK, donkey's years UK IE, yonks slang UK IE

2. Age

age, old-age, eld rare

Other

days, life-time

Antonyms

bit, flash

All antonyms of years →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A very long time.

    It took years for the bus to come.

Related words

Phrases
golden years donkey's years on in years twilight years sunset years

Example sentences

  • ages Many cathedrals were built during the Middle Ages.
  • age You should know better than to ask a lady her age.
  • days We would play baseball after school in those days.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
yearssteady
agessteady
agesteady
dayssteady

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

By length

3 letters
age1, eon2, eld
4 letters
days1, ages2, aeon
5 letters
yonks
8 letters
eternity4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eon2 = 2 syllables).