| Main Entry: | epoch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period |
Synonyms: |
age, date, era, span, time |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| Main Entry: | age |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a period of time |
Synonyms: |
aeon, blue moon, century, date, day, duration, epoch, era, generation, interim, interval, life, lifetime, millennium, span |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| Main Entry: | date |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point in time; particular day or time |
Synonyms: |
age, century, course, day, duration, epoch, era, generation, hour, juncture, moment, period, quarter, reign, span, spell, stage, term, time, while, year |
| Main Entry: | day |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | era |
Synonyms: |
age, ascendancy, cycle, epoch, generation, height, heyday, period, prime, term, time, years, zenith |
| Main Entry: | era |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time period in history |
Synonyms: |
aeon, age, cycle, date, day, days, eon, epoch, generation, stage, term, time |
| Main Entry: | generation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | era; age group |
Synonyms: |
aeon, breed, contemporaries, crop, day, days, eon, epoch, peers, period, rank, span, step, time, times |
| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | existence, duration |
Synonyms: |
being, career, continuance, course, cycle, days, endurance, epoch, era, expectancy, extent, generation, history, length, life span, lifetime, longevity, orbit, period, pilgrimage, record, season, span, survival, time |
| Main Entry: | period |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent of time |
Synonyms: |
aeon, age, course, cycle, date, days, duration, epoch, era, generation, interval, measure, season, space, span, spell, stage, stretch, term, time, while, years |
| Main Entry: | time |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temporal length of event or entity's existence, period |
Synonyms: |
age, allotment, bit, bout, chronology, clock, continuance, date, day, duration, epoch, era, eternity, extent, future, generation, go*, hour, infinity, instance, instant, interval, juncture, lastingness, life, life span, lifetime, many a moon, moment, month, occasion, pace, past, point, present, season, second, shift, space, span, spell, stage, stint, stretch, tempo, term, tide, tour, turn, week, while, year |
| Main Entry: | vintage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crop, especially of wine |
Synonyms: |
collection, epoch, era, generation, grapes, harvest, origin, wine, year |