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

2 senses of semester

Sense 1
semester -- (one of two divisions of an academic year)
       => school term, academic term, academic session, session -- (the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term")

Sense 2
semester -- (half a year; a period of 6 months)
       => 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")