Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun decade
2 senses of decade
Sense 1
decade, decennary, decennium -- (a period of 10 years)
=> 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
ten, 10, X, tenner, decade -- (the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system)
=> large integer -- (an integer equal to or greater than ten)