decade

Noun

Meaning

A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

decennium decennary ten 10 ten year period Ten years century day age epoch era decennial x 10th picosecond
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Antonyms

year single year period of a year period of one year one-year period

Hypernyms

period period of time time period large integer

Hyponyms

sixties twenties seventies nineties fifties thirties

Related terms

decadal

Phrases with the word

Lost Decade the second day of the second decade of the 21st century the decade of excess the me decade the neon decade the peace and love decade

Anagrams

deaced

Examples

It is fun to be in the same decade with you. Franklin D. Roosevelt

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade. Hannah Arendt

I suppose every decade gets the music it deserves. Robert Charles Wilson

Even light takes a decade to travel ten light-years. Latin Proverb

One decade is long enough to change the looks of mountains and rivers. African Proverb

If your vision is for a year plant wheat, if you vision is for a decade plant trees, and if your vision is for a lifetime plant people. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

decadarchy decadary decadation decade box decade counter decade long