Synonyms for century
ˈsɛn tʃə ricen·tu·ry

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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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

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1. • Large Integer
   • Time Period

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. 100-year

   it stands for 100 years

   it's been a century since it last happened

   Submitted by acronimous on June 12, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. centurynoun

   Synonyms:
   hundred

2. centurynoun

   Synonyms:
   centenary, a hundred years

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

1. centurynoun

   Synonyms:
   centenary

   Associated words:
   centennial, secular

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "century":

   xxi, twenty-first, siècle, siglo, half-century, age, millennium

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1. White House:

   Judge Howell's decision today confirms what the Department of Justice and scholars throughout the country have been saying all along: the president's executive actions on immigration are lawful, the Supreme Court and Congress have made clear that federal officials can set priorities in enforcing our immigration laws, and the actions announced by the president are consistent with those taken by administrations of both parties for the last half century.

2. Jay Carver:

   The particular question is, what was responsible? Actually what pathogen, what bacteria formed the Great Plague outbreak in the 17th century? it doesn't seem to come back, so something changed in the way people were living. People say the Great Fire of London in 1666 had something to do with the ending of Great Plague events, but through the scientific studies we can do these days on DNA from samples of these skeletons, we might be able to tell what pathogen is responsible for that outbreak and perhaps why it stopped.

3. Vice President Joe Biden:

   I don't want anybody to be down right now about what's going on in the Republican Party, there's one guy absolutely denigrating an entire group of people, appealing to the baser side of human nature, working on this notion of xenophobia in a way that hasn't occurred in a long time, since the Know-Nothing Party back at the end of the 19th century.

4. Ren Zhengfei:

   Trump should be more open-minded and willing to accept all types of investments, if he becomes more tolerant of the world, then all the US-bound investments would ensure another century of American prosperity.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   For more than a century, Planned Parenthood has provided essential services for women, and I think it is unfortunate that Planned Parenthood had been the object of such a concerted attacks for so many years. It's really is an attack against a women's right to choose to make the most personal, difficult decisions that any woman would face based on her faith and the medical advice that she is given.