month

Thirty days, approximately

A month is one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year: January, February, and so on.

The word derives from moon—months originally tracked lunar cycles, roughly 29 days each.

Modern calendar months range from 28 to 31 days.

I'll be gone for a month.

She's six months pregnant.

A month of Sundays is a very long time.

calendar

January

Year's opening month

May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December · Gregorian · lunar

menstrual

menstruation

Monthly uterine bleeding

follicular · PMS · cramps · cycle · hormones · fertility · reproductive · bleeding · menses · tracking

seasonal

harvest

Gathering mature crops

monsoon · rainy · dry · winter · summer · spring · autumn · growing · migration · weather

timeunit

year

Twelve-month duration

fortnight · semester · trimester · beginning · twelve · thirty-one · twenty-eight · leap

commemorative

awareness

State of perceiving reality

  • heritageInherited cultural legacy
  • prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
  • historyRecord of past events

observance · celebration · national · international · Ramadan · Lent · Advent · memorial · honorary · designated

duration

timespan

Bounded stretch of time

term · phase · period · timeframe · long · short · entire · full · whole · remaining

Categories
Opposites
time unit scale

monthmillisecond

Tiny time unit

nanosecond · eternity · eon · moment · instant

temporal precision

monthwhile

During that period

spell · stretch · period · sometime · a bit

Phrases
Family

monthly, months, bimonthly, monthlong, monthlies, midmonth, month of Sundays, semimonthly, multimonth

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G