Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun olympiad

2 senses of olympiad

Sense 1
Olympiad -- (one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC)
       => time period, period of time, period -- (an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period")

Sense 2
Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympiad -- (the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country)
       => athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics -- (a contest between athletes)