dates

The word “dates” has 1 syllable: dates

It's pronounced as /deɪts/


What is synonym and antonym for dates?

In the thesaurus, “dates” has 48 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for dates along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for dates

  • accompanies
  • ages
  • appointments
  • arrangements
  • assignations
  • attends
  • calls
  • continuances
  • courts
  • durations
  • engagements
  • escorts
  • gallants
  • get-togethers
  • goes out
  • goes steady
  • half-lifes
  • half-lives
  • hitches
  • interviews
  • invitations
  • keeps company
  • life spans
  • lifetimes
  • lives
  • longevities
  • makes love
  • meetings
  • rendezvous
  • romances
  • runs
  • schedules
  • sees
  • spans
  • sparks
  • spells
  • standings
  • steps out
  • stretches
  • takes out
  • tenures
  • terms
  • times
  • tours
  • trysts
  • turns
  • visits
  • woos

Meanings of dates

  • noun
    1. The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
    2. The date palm.
    3. The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.
    4. A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.
    5. A point in time.
    6. Assigned end; conclusion.
    7. Given or assigned length of life; duration.
    8. A pre-arranged meeting.
    9. One's companion for social activities or occasions.
    10. A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
  • verb
    1. To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
    2. To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
    3. To determine the age of something.
    4. To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
    5. (by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
    6. (by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
    7. To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
    8. (with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

Example Sentences

  • She marked important dates on her calendar to remember birthdays and anniversaries.
  • The archaeologist used carbon dating to determine the dates of ancient artifacts.
  • He checked the expiration dates on the food items in the pantry before preparing dinner.
  • They planned to go on a series of dates to get to know each other better.
  • The historical textbook provided key dates and events from the Civil War era.

On this page you'll find 48 synonyms or another words to dates, such as: accompanies, ages, appointments, arrangements, assignations, attends, calls.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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abates

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abecedarians

  • amateurs
  • apprentices
  • babes
  • beginners
  • boots
  • candidates
  • colts
  • cubs
  • dabblers
  • dilettantes
  • dilettanti
  • entrants
  • fledglings
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  • greenhorns
  • learners
  • neophytes
  • newbies
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  • novitiates
  • probationers
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  • recruits
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  • students
  • tenderfeet
  • tenderfoots
  • trainees
  • tyros
  • virgins

abolishes

  • abates
  • aborts
  • abrogates
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • atomizes
  • avoids
  • bans
  • blacks out
  • blasts
  • blots out
  • blows up
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • consumes
  • countermands
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  • devours
  • disallows
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  • discards
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  • does away with
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  • drops
  • dynamites
  • effaces
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  • enjoins
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  • kills
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  • liquidates
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  • ousts
  • outlaws
  • overrides
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  • powders
  • prohibits
  • pulverizes
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  • ravages
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  • recalls
  • rejects
  • removes
  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
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  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • rubs out
  • ruins
  • sets aside
  • shatters
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  • splinters
  • strikes down
  • suspends
  • tears down
  • terminates
  • throws out
  • totals
  • vacates
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • withdraws
  • wrecks
  • writes off
  • zaps

aborts

  • abandons
  • abrogates
  • annuls
  • breaks off
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
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  • cries off
  • discontinues
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  • gives up
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  • holds back
  • interrupts
  • invalidates
  • nullifies
  • recalls
  • recants
  • relinquishes
  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • scraps
  • scrubs
  • stops
  • surrenders
  • suspends
  • takes back
  • terminates
  • voids
  • withdraws
  • writes off

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