millennium
Ten centuries span
A millennium is a period of one thousand years.
The word often appears in discussions of calendar transitions: anxiety about Y2K peaked as the new millennium approached.
In Christian theology, the millennium refers to a prophesied thousand-year reign of Christ on earth.
Millennia of human history stretch behind us; the plural can be either millennia or millenniums.
Of a thousand
- centenaryHundredth anniversary observance
- tercentenary300th anniversary milestone
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
Calendar-rollover computer problem
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- festivitiesCelebratory events and activities
- galaFestive formal occasion
- extravaganzaLavish, elaborate entertainment
fireworks · ceremony · pageant · commemoration · jubilee · festival · revelry · ball
Distinct historical period
- ageDuration of existence
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
renaissance · enlightenment · industrial · modern · classical · victorian · colonial · prehistoric
Rotational movement
pivot · change · transformation · crossroads · juncture · watershed · passage · advent
Notable point of reference
- markerSomething that signals location
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- hallmarkDistinguishing characteristic or mark
Study of tomorrow's possibilities
- long-termLasting extended period
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- posterityFuture generations collectively
- generationsPeople born around same time
tomorrow · vision · forecast · projection · planning · sustainability · legacy
Total civilizational collapse
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- end-timesProphesied concluding era
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- tribulationState of great distress
millenary
Of a thousand
epoch · age · period · duration · longevity · chronology · timeline · cycle · interval · span
millenary
Of a thousand
- centenaryHundredth anniversary observance
- tercentenary300th anniversary milestone
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
Y2K
Calendar-rollover computer problem
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- festivitiesCelebratory events and activities
- galaFestive formal occasion
extravaganza · fireworks · ceremony · pageant · commemoration · jubilee · festival · revelry · ball · bash
epoch
Distinct historical period
medieval · renaissance · enlightenment · industrial · modern · classical · victorian · colonial · prehistoric · historical
turn
Rotational movement
dawn · pivot · change · transformation · crossroads · juncture · watershed · passage · advent
landmark
Notable point of reference
- markerSomething that signals location
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
hallmark · touchstone · watershed · pinnacle · cornerstone
futurism
Study of tomorrow's possibilities
- long-termLasting extended period
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- posterityFuture generations collectively
generations · tomorrow · vision · forecast · projection · planning · sustainability · legacy
apocalypse
Total civilizational collapse
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- end-timesProphesied concluding era
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
tribulation · messiah · kingdom · utopia
- commemorationscommemoration, remembrance, memorial service, quincentennial, decennial
- erasera, epoch, age, bronze age, period
- time unitssecond, minute, hour, seconds, day
- tricky spellingsaccommodate, acknowledge, acquaintance, acquire, bureau
- Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit
- historical dating termsBC, AD, BCE, CE, carbon dating
millenniuminstant
Briefest unit of time
moment · second · millisecond · nanosecond · flash
millenniumapocalypse
Total civilizational collapse
dystopia · end times · doomsday · tribulation · catastrophe
- Millennium FalconCorellian freighter spacecraft
- millennium bugDate-coding flaw in software
- Millennium StadiumCardiff's national sports ground
- millennial humorComedy born from burnout
- millennial pinkMuted salmon hue, circa 2016
- millennial jokesComedy about a demographic cohort
millennium bug, postmillennialism, millennial, millennia, millennials, millenniums, millennialism, postmillennial