years
Trips around sun
Years is the plural of year, a unit of time measuring one complete orbit of Earth around the sun—roughly 365 days.
Beyond counting time, years often emphasizes long duration or aging: It's been years since we talked, The stress aged him years.
Years can stand alone for an indefinite but substantial period: I've known her for years.
Ten-year periods
- centuriesHundred-year periods
- millenniaThousand-year periods
- eonsImmense spans of time
- epochsDistinct historical stretches
eras · spans · periods · duration · intervals · passage · chronology · timeline
Occurring every year
- biennialEvery second year
- triennialOccurring every third year
- quadrennialEvery four years
- leapSudden springing movement
seasonal · harvest · festival · solstice · equinox · quarterly · semester · trimester
Recurring memorial date
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- centenaryHundredth anniversary observance
- bicentennial200th anniversary observance
- semicentennialFiftieth anniversary observance
golden · silver · diamond · platinum · commemoration · celebration · landmark · achievement
decades
Ten-year periods
epochs · eras · spans · periods · duration · intervals · passage · chronology · timeline · calendar
annual
Occurring every year
- biennialEvery second year
- triennialOccurring every third year
- quadrennialEvery four years
leap · seasonal · harvest · festival · solstice · equinox · quarterly · semester · trimester · recurring
anniversary
Recurring memorial date
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- centenaryHundredth anniversary observance
- bicentennial200th anniversary observance
semicentennial · golden · silver · diamond · platinum · commemoration · celebration · landmark · achievement · graduation
young
Not yet mature
- teenageOf youth, 13-19
- adolescentPerson in puberty
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
formative · school · growing · tender · early · prime · salad days · heyday · bloom · springtime
aged
Advanced in years
dated · wine · barrel-aged · mature · seasoned · weathered · patina · mellow · cellared · reserve
- timesecond, minute, hour, day, seconds
- time conceptsclock, calendar, hour, minute, second
- extended perioddecade, century, millennium, era, epoch
- sky and timesun, moon, stars, planets, comet
- time unitssecond, minute, hour, seconds, day
- timelinestimelines, chronology, chronologies, time periods, historical periods
yearsseconds
Time units, or extras
moments · milliseconds · nanoseconds · microseconds · instants
yearsyouth
State of being immature
childhood · infancy · adolescence · tender age · young age