years

The word “years” has 1 syllable: years

It's pronounced as /jɪrz/


What is synonym and antonym for years?

In the thesaurus, “years” has 26 synonyms and 2 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for years along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for years

  • agedness
  • ages
  • bits
  • caducity
  • cycles
  • dates
  • days
  • dotage
  • elderliness
  • epochs
  • eras
  • generation
  • generations
  • lifespan
  • lifetime
  • oldness
  • periods
  • senescence
  • senility
  • spaces
  • spans
  • spells
  • stretches
  • times
  • vintages
  • whiles

Antonyms for years

Meanings of years

  • noun
    1. A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
    2. (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.
    3. A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
    4. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
    5. A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
    6. A level or grade in school or college.
    7. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
    8. A very long time.

Example Sentences

  • Over the course of many years, the ancient ruins became a symbol of enduring history.
  • "How many years have you been studying music?" asked the curious student.
  • The seasoned detective's experience spanned many years of solving complex cases.
  • "In a few short years, technology has rapidly advanced, transforming our daily lives," remarked the futurist.
  • The oak tree in the park had witnessed countless years of changing seasons and community gatherings.

On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to years, such as: agedness, ages, bits, caducity, childhood, cycles, dates.

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

Related Words

old

  • Noachian
  • aboriginal
  • adult
  • age-old
  • aged
  • ageing
  • ageless
  • aging
  • along in years
  • ancient
  • anile
  • annoying
  • antediluvian
  • antiquated
  • antique
  • antiquity
  • archaic
  • archaistic
  • arid
  • aseptic
  • barren
  • blah
  • blank
  • boring
  • bothersome
  • broken down
  • bygone
  • cast-off
  • centenarian
  • classic
  • classical
  • colorless
  • common
  • commonplace
  • constant
  • continuing
  • crumbling
  • cumbersome
  • dated
  • dateless
  • dead
  • debilitated
  • debilitating
  • decayed
  • decrepit
  • defunct
  • demoralizing
  • departed
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • dispiriting
  • doddering
  • done
  • drab
  • draining
  • dreary
  • drudging
  • dry
  • dull
  • dullish
  • durable
  • dusty
  • early
  • earthbound
  • elderly
  • enduring
  • enervating
  • enfeebled
  • enfeebling
  • erstwhile
  • established
  • exhausted
  • exhausting
  • experienced
  • expired
  • extinct
  • familiar
  • fatiguing
  • firm
  • flat
  • former
  • fossil
  • fusty
  • geriatric
  • getting on
  • gone
  • gray
  • gray-haired
  • grey
  • grizzled
  • grown-up
  • hackneyed
  • hallowed
  • hardened
  • heavy
  • ho-hum
  • hoar
  • hoary
  • humdrum
  • immemorial
  • impaired
  • inactive
  • inanimate
  • infirm
  • inveterate
  • irksome
  • irritating
  • jading
  • jejune
  • lasting
  • late
  • leaden
  • lifelong
  • long in the tooth
  • long-ago
  • long-lasting
  • long-lived
  • longsome
  • lumbering
  • matriarchal
  • mature
  • matured
  • mediaeval
  • medieval
  • middle-aged
  • mind-numbing
  • moldy
  • moment
  • monochromatic
  • monotonous
  • moth-eaten
  • nonagenarian
  • not young
  • now
  • numbing
  • obsolete
  • octogenarian
  • of a certain age
  • of long standing
  • of old
  • of yore
  • old-fashioned
  • old-time
  • old-world
  • olden
  • older
  • oldfangled
  • oldish
  • once
  • onetime
  • ordinary
  • original
  • other
  • out-of-date
  • outmoded
  • over the hill
  • over-the-hill
  • overage
  • overaged
  • pallid
  • palling
  • past
  • patriarchal
  • pedantic
  • pedestrian
  • pensioned
  • perennial
  • permanent
  • perpetual
  • pleasureless
  • plodding
  • pokey
  • poky
  • ponderous
  • practiced
  • prehistoric
  • prehistorical
  • present
  • primeval
  • primitive
  • primordial
  • pristine
  • prosaic
  • prosy
  • quondam
  • relic
  • remote
  • retired
  • retro
  • rusty
  • seasoned
  • senescent
  • senile
  • senior
  • septuagenarian
  • sexagenarian
  • skilled
  • slow
  • soggy
  • solid
  • sometime
  • spavined
  • spiritless
  • stale
  • staying
  • steady
  • sterile
  • stodgy
  • stuffy
  • stupid
  • superannuated
  • suspenseless
  • tame
  • tedious
  • tepid
  • time-honored
  • time-tested
  • time-worn
  • timeless
  • timeworn
  • tired
  • tiresome
  • tiring
  • today
  • tottery
  • traditional
  • tried
  • tried-and-true
  • undramatic
  • uneventful
  • unexceptional
  • unexciting
  • unfashionable
  • unimaginative
  • uninspiring
  • uninteresting
  • unnewsworthy
  • unoriginal
  • unrewarding
  • unsensational
  • unspectacular
  • unsurprising
  • unyoung
  • vanished
  • vapid
  • venerable
  • versed
  • veteran
  • vintage
  • wasted
  • wearing
  • wearisome
  • weary
  • wearying
  • whilom
  • worn-out
  • yesterday
  • yesteryear
  • yore

galaxies

  • country miles
  • infinities
  • light-years
  • long hauls
  • ways
  • worlds

oldish

  • adult
  • aged
  • ageing
  • aging
  • along in years
  • ancient
  • anile
  • broken down
  • centenarian
  • debilitated
  • decrepit
  • doddering
  • elderly
  • enfeebled
  • exhausted
  • experienced
  • fossil
  • geriatric
  • getting on
  • gray
  • gray-haired
  • grizzled
  • grown-up
  • hoary
  • impaired
  • inactive
  • infirm
  • long-lived
  • matriarchal
  • mature
  • matured
  • middle-aged
  • nonagenarian
  • not young
  • octogenarian
  • old
  • olden
  • older
  • over the hill
  • over-the-hill
  • overage
  • overaged
  • patriarchal
  • pensioned
  • retired
  • seasoned
  • senescent
  • senile
  • senior
  • septuagenarian
  • sexagenarian
  • skilled
  • spavined
  • superannuated
  • tired
  • tottery
  • unyoung
  • venerable
  • versed
  • veteran
  • wasted

youthfulness

  • adolescence
  • aurora
  • awkward age
  • awkward stage
  • bloom
  • boyhood
  • childhood
  • dawn
  • daybreak
  • dew
  • freshness
  • girlhood
  • greenness
  • high-school years
  • ignorance
  • immaturity
  • inexperience
  • infancy
  • innocence
  • jejuneness
  • jejunity
  • juvenescence
  • juvenility
  • minority
  • morn
  • morning
  • nonage
  • opening
  • potency
  • preadolescence
  • prime
  • puberty
  • pubescence
  • salad days
  • spring
  • springtide
  • springtime
  • springtime of life
  • start
  • sunrise
  • sunup
  • teenage years
  • teens
  • tender age
  • tender years
  • vitality
  • youngness
  • youth

yore

  • annals
  • antiquity
  • auld lang syne
  • bygone
  • chronicle
  • days gone by
  • flashback
  • former times
  • good old days
  • history
  • long ago
  • memoir
  • old lang syne
  • old times
  • olden days
  • past
  • record
  • time immemorial
  • times past
  • years ago
  • yesterday
  • yesteryear

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