Antonyms for hour
aʊər, ˈaʊ ərhour

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. hournoun

   Synonyms:
   stound

2. hournoun

   A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.

   I spent an hour at lunch.

   Synonyms:
   stound

3. hournoun

   A season, moment, time or stound.

   Synonyms:
   stound

4. hournoun

   The time.

   The hour grows late and I must go home.

   Synonyms:
   stound

5. hournoun

   Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.

   Synonyms:
   stound

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1. • Distance
   • Time Period

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. hour, hr, 60 minutesnoun

   a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

   "the job will take more than an hour"

   Synonyms:
   time of day, minute, hr

2. hour, time of daynoun

   clock time

   "the hour is getting late"

   Synonyms:
   time of day, minute, hr

3. hournoun

   a special and memorable period

   "it was their finest hour"

   Synonyms:
   time of day, minute, hr

4. hour, minutenoun

   distance measured by the time taken to cover it

   "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"

   Synonyms:
   minute, bit, instant, min, minute of arc, moment, mo, second, arcminute, time of day, hr

How to use hour in a sentence?

1. James Brown:

   I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back.

2. Saad Maan:

   Security forces are reinforcing their positions and setting three defensive lines around Ramadi to repel any attempts by terrorists to launch further attacks, all these three defensive lines will become offensive launch-pads once we determine the zero hour to liberate Ramadi.

3. Devin Allen:

   The next thing I know, the pictures just went viral, within an hour. I saw like a thousand retweets; everyone was reposting it.

4. New York:

   I would love to ask these execs if they could get by on $1 an hour more. It’s disheartening. They don’t have to decide [whether]...to eat or get gas.

5. Bill Clinton:

   She's very happy. She called last night and we had a good talk. It's a three-hour difference, so she always calls late, but she knows I'm always up late.

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