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DECADE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DECADE?

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Decade as a Noun
Definitions of "Decade" as a noun
Synonyms of "Decade" as a noun (14 Words)
Usage Examples of "Decade" as a noun
Associations of "Decade" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Decade” are: 10, ten, tenner, x, decennary, decennium, age, time, period, era, epoch, century, year, stage

Decade as a Noun

Definitions of "Decade" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “decade” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A period of ten years.
The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system.
A period of ten years beginning with a year ending in 0.
A period of 10 years.
Each of the five divisions of each chapter of the rosary.
A range of electrical resistances, frequencies, or other quantities spanning from one to ten times a base value.

Synonyms of "Decade" as a noun (14 Words)

10	The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system.
age	A particular stage in someone s life. Children of primary school age.
century	A score of a hundred in a sporting event, especially a batsman’s score of a hundred runs in cricket. The fifteenth century.
decennary	A period of 10 years.
decennium	A period of 10 years.
epoch	A particular period of time in history or a person’s life. These events marked an epoch* in their history.*
era	A major division of geological time an era is usually divided into two or more periods. The landing of this English governor was an era* in their lives.*
period	The interval between successive equal values of a periodic function. Period pains.
stage	The theater as a profession usually the stage. There are only two characters on stage.
ten	One of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face.
tenner	A ten-pound note.
time	A reading of a point in time as given by a clock. The nurse came in four times a day.
x	Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
year	A set of students grouped together as being of roughly similar ages mostly entering a school or college in the same academic year. She had a composure well beyond her years.

Usage Examples of "Decade" as a noun

A local priest led the mourners in a decade of the rosary.
Power per decade of frequency.
The fourth decade of the nineteenth century.
He taught at the university for nearly a decade.

Associations of "Decade" (30 Words)

ago	Gone by; or in the past. Two years ago.
billion	The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen.
century	Ten 10s. A twentieth century* lifestyle.*
eight	One of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face.
eighty	The cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight.
eleven	Being one more than ten.
fifty	A United States bill worth 50 dollars.
five	A playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips.
forties	The decade from 1940 to 1949.
forty	The cardinal number that is the product of ten and four.
fourteen	Being one more than thirteen.
hundred	Being ten more than ninety. Wantage Hundred.
millennium	A span of 1000 years. Archer s treatise predicted that the millennium* was close at hand.*
million	(in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units. There were millions of flies.
nine	One of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face.
nineteen	The cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one.
ninety	Being ten more than eighty.
ninth	Position nine in a countable series of things. Going into the ninth* they were a run ahead.*
percent	A proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred.
seven	One of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face.
seventeen	The cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one.
seventy	The cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven.
sixty	Being ten more than fifty.
span	The wingspan of an aircraft or a bird. The parking lot spans 3 acres.
ten	One of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face.
tenfold	Ten times as great or as numerous. A tenfold* increase in the use of insecticides.*
thirty	The cardinal number that is the product of ten and three.
thousand	Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units.
twelve	The cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one.
twenty	Denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units.