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Synonyms of year

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Another word for year is annum. Other synonyms of year are sun.

Synonyms and similar words for year

nounA period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.

  • annumA one-year period, particularly (finance) a fiscal year or (sciences) a Julian year of exactly 365.25 days.

nounThe time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.

nounAn orbital period: the period of one revolution in any particular orbit: The time it takes for any...

  • anomalistic yearThe time taken for the Earth to complete one revolution with respect to its apsides, usually defined as the time...
  • galactic year
  • Gaussian year
  • Great Year
  • lunar yearA year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon, as opposed to the passage of the Earth around the sun.
  • Platonic yearGreat Year; one complete precession of the equinoxes, approximately 25,765 years.
  • sidereal year
  • Sothic yearThe span of time between successive heliacal risings of the star Sirius, equivalent to almost precisely 365¼ days.
  • tropical yearA vernal equinox year; the time between two successive vernal equinoxes.

nounA period between set dates that mark a year, such as from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian...

  • calendar yearThe length of time between the beginning and end of a year as marked on a calendar, such as from 0:00 January 1 to...
  • civil yearThe year adopted by any nation for the everyday computation of time, as opposed to a fiscal year, religious year, etc.
  • legal yearIn English law and some other common-law jurisdictions, the annual period (traditionally divided into terms) during...
  • winter (one of an especially great number of years, literary

nounSpecific uses.

  • accounting yearSynonym of fiscal year.
  • base yearA year chosen for comparison with other years, in statistical analysis and various indices, such as a price index. It...
  • dog yearA period of time in the life of dogs, defined such that the average life expectancy of a dog in "dog years" is...
  • financial yearSynonym of fiscal year.
  • fiscal yearAn accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.
  • liturgical year
  • quality-adjusted life yearA unit of measurement, equivalent to one year of life in perfect health, that can be used to decide whether a medical...
  • school yearThe academic year of a school.
  • tax yearSynonym of fiscal year.

nounMore synonyms

  • orb rareThe time period of an orbit.

Meaning of year

  1. noun A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
  2. noun The time taken for the Earth to return to the same position along the ecliptic, completing a full cycle of seasons; a tropical year or solar year.
  3. noun The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.

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Questions about synonyms of year

What is another word for year?
Year has 29 synonyms on Word.ws, such as annum and sun.
What does year mean?
Year means a period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: year (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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