Antonyms for century
ˈsɛn tʃə ricen·tu·ry

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. centurynoun

   Synonyms:
   centuria

2. centurynoun

   A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

   Synonyms:
   centuria

3. centurynoun

   A unit in ancient Roman, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.

   Synonyms:
   centuria

4. centurynoun

   A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.

   Synonyms:
   centuria

5. centurynoun

   A hundred things; a hundred.

   Synonyms:
   centuria

6. centurynoun

   A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.

   Synonyms:
   centuria

7. centurynoun

   A ride 100 miles in length.

   Synonyms:
   centuria

8. centurynoun

   A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

   Synonyms:
   centuria

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1. • Large Integer
   • Time Period

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.3 / 13 votes

1. centurynoun

   a period of 100 years

   Synonyms:
   hundred, one C

2. hundred, 100, C, century, one Cnoun

   ten 10s

   Synonyms:
   hundred, light speed, degree Celsius, nose candy, snow, coke, vitamin C, ascorbic acid, deoxycytidine monophosphate, one C, degree centigrade, ampere-second, coulomb, speed of light, atomic number 6, blow, carbon, cytosine

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. centurynoun

   Synonyms:
   centenary

   Associated words:
   centennial, secular

How to use century in a sentence?

1. Charles Kuck:

   Our immigration system is so outdated and so unresponsive to the needs of the 21st century, it's literally doing economic damage to our country, i think employers are realizing,' I'm not going to get these people back.'.

2. President Barack Obama:

   Five years ago, after nearly a century of talk, decades of trying, a year of bipartisan debate, we finally declared that in America, health care is not a privilege for a few but a right for all, the Affordable Care Act is here to stay.

3. Van Vilsteren:

   We suspect that for the first 200 years, the mummy was exposed and worshiped in a Buddhist temple in China... only in the 14th century did they do all the work to transform it into a nice statue.

4. Adair Turner:

   For the world to deliver the Paris Climate objectives, it is vital that China has a strategy to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century.

5. Bob Dylan:

   Maybe in the 90s or possibly in the next century people will look upon the 80s as the age of masturbation, when it was taken to the limit; that might be all that's going on right now in a big way.

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