Synonyms of century

Synonyms and similar words for century

Meaning of century

1. noun A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
2. noun A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of one hundred army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing sixty to seventy or eighty) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
3. noun A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.

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century in other languages

• century in Hindi
• century in Tamil
• century in Marathi
• century in Urdu

Questions about synonyms of century

What is another word for century?

Century has 5 synonyms on Word.ws, such as age, centennium, yearhundred, centenary and centuria.

What does century mean?

Century means a period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.