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

3 senses of years

Sense 1
old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood -- (a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood")
       => time of life -- (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)

Sense 2
long time, age, years -- (a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and 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 3
days, years -- (the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years")
       => life -- (the period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life")

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

4 senses of year

Sense 1
year, twelvemonth, yr -- (a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920")
       => 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
year -- (a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year")
       => 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 3
year -- (the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days")
       => 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 4
class, year -- (a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High")
       => gathering, assemblage -- (a group of persons together in one place)