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

1 sense of carboniferous

Sense 1
Carboniferous, Carboniferous period -- (from 345 million to 280 million years ago)
       INSTANCE OF=> period, geological period -- (a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods")

Similarity of adj carboniferous

2 senses of carboniferous

Sense 1
carboniferous -- (of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era; "carboniferous rock system")

Sense 2
carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, carboniferous -- (relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon)