year

Word Type

n.

year Meaning Definition

The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).

Synonyms for year

abundant year,academic year,annum,bissextile year,calendar month,calendar year,century,common year,day,decade,decennary,decennium,defective year,fiscal year,fortnight,hour,leap year,lunar month,lunar year,lunation,luster,lustrum,man-hour,microsecond,millennium,millisecond,minute,moment,month,moon,quarter,quinquennium,regular year,second,semester,session,sidereal year,solar year,sun,term,trimester,twelvemonth,week,weekday

Synonym Search Links for year

abundant yearacademic yearannumbissextile yearcalendar monthcalendar yearcenturycommon yeardaydecadedecennarydecenniumdefective yearfiscal yearfortnighthourleap yearlunar monthlunar yearlunationlusterlustrumman-hourmicrosecondmillenniummillisecondminutemomentmonthmoonquarterquinquenniumregular yearsecondsemestersessionsidereal yearsolar yearsuntermtrimestertwelvemonthweekweekday