#120. Synchronism. -- N. synchronism
coexistence
coincidence;
simultaneousness
simultaneity
concurrence
concomitance
unity
of time
interim
contemporary
V. coexist
concur
accompany
go hand in hand
keep pace with;
synchronize
Adj. synchronous
synchronic
synchronical
simultaneous
coexisting
coincident
concomitant
concurrent
coeval
contemporary
contemporaneous;
coeternal
isochronous
Adv. at the same time
simultaneously
together
in concert
during the same time
in the same breath
pari passu[Lat]
in the interim;
as one
at the very moment
just as
as soon as
meanwhile
106
#121. [Prospective time.] Futurity. -- N. futurity
futurition;
future
hereafter
time to come
approaching time
coming time
subsequent
time
after time
approaching age
coming age
subsequent age
after age
approaching days
coming days
subsequent days
after days
approaching
hours
coming hours
subsequent hours
after hours
approaching ages
coming ages
subsequent ages
after ages
approaching life
coming life
subsequent life
after life
approaching years
coming years
subsequent
years
after years
morrow
millennium
doomsday
day of judgment
crack of
doom
remote future
approach of time advent
time drawing on
womb of time
destiny
eventuality
heritage
heirs posterity
prospect
foresight
V. look forwards
anticipate
(foresee) 510;
forestall
come on
draw on
draw near
approach
await
threaten
impend
destined) 152
Adj. future
to come
coming
next
near
close at
hand
eventual
ulterior
in prospect
Adv. prospectively
hereafter
in future
tomorrow
the day
after tomorrow
in course of time
in process of time
in the fullness of
time
eventually
ultimately
sooner or later
proximo[Lat]
paulo post
futurum[Lat]
in after time
one of these days
after a time
after a
while
from this time
henceforth
thence
thenceforth
thenceforward
whereupon
upon which
soon
on the eve of
on the point of
on the brink of;
about to
close upon
Phr. quid sit futurum cras fuge quaerere [Latin][Horace]
#122. [Retrospective time.] The Past -- N. the past
past time
days
of yore
times of yore
days of old
times of old
days past
times past
days gone by
times gone by
bygone days
old times
ancient times
former
times
fore time
the good old days
the olden time
good old time
auld
eld|
antiquity
status quo
time immemorial
distance of
time
remote age
remote time
remote past
rust of antiquity
[study of the past] paleontology
paleography
paleozoology
archaeology
paleogeography;
paleoecology
paleobotany
paleoclimatoogy
archaism
antiquarianism
medievalism
Pre-Raphaelitism
paleography
retrospect
retrospection
looking back
memory
<-- originally - preterition
priority
laudator temporis acti[Lat]
medievalist
Pre-Raphaelite
antiquary
antiquarian
archmologist
Oldbuck
Dryasdust
ancestry
V. be past
have expired
have run its course
have
had its day
pass
pass by
go by
pass away
go away
pass off
go off;
lapse
blow over
look back
trace back
cast the eyes back
exhume
Adj. past
gone
gone by
over
passed away
bygone
foregone;
elapsed
lapsed
expired
no more
run out
blown over
has-been
that has been
extinct
antediluvian
antebellum
never to
return
gone with the wind
exploded
forgotten
irrecoverable
obsolete
former
pristine
quondam
late
ancestral
foregoing
last
latter
recent
over night
looking back
retrospective
retroactive
archaeological
Adv. paleo-
archaeo-
formerly
of old
of yore
erst[Ger]
whilom
time was
ago
over
in the olden time
anciently
long ago
long since
a long while
a long time ago
years ago
yesteryear
ages ago
some time ago
some time since
some time back
yesterday
the day before yesterday
last year
ultimo
lately
(newly) 123
retrospectively
ere now
before now
till now
hitherto
heretofore;
no longer
once
once upon a time
from time immemorial
from prehistoric
times
in the memory of man
time out of mind
already
yet
up to this
time
ex post facto
Phr. time was
the time has been
the time hath been
you can't go
home again
fuimus Troes [Lat][Vergil]
fruit Ilium [Vergil]
hoc erat in
more majorum[Lat]
"O call back yesterday
bid time return" [Richard II];
tempi passati[It]
"the eternal landscape of the past" [Tennyson]
ultimus
Romanorum[Lat]
"what's past is prologue" [Tempest]
"whose yesterdays look
backward with a smile" [Young]
#123. Newness. -- N. newness
novelty
recency
immaturity;
youth
gloss of novelty
innovation
renovation
modernism
mushroom
parvenu
latest fashion
V. renew
modernize
Adj. new
novel
recent
fresh
green
young
evergreen
raw
immature
unsettled
yeasty
virgin
untried
untrodden
untrod
unbeaten
fire-new
span-new
late
modern
neoteric
hypermodern
nouveau
new-born
nascent
neonatal[med.]
new-fashioned
new-fangled
new-fledged
of yesterday;
just out
brand-new
up to date
up to the minute
with it
fashionable
in
fashion
in
hip [coll.]
vernal
renovated
fresh as a rose
fresh as a daisy
fresh as paint
spick and span
Adv. newly
afresh
anew
lately
just now
only yesterday
the other day
latterly
of late
not long ago
a short time ago
Phr. di novello tutto par bello[It]
nullum est jam dictum quod non
dictum est prius[Lat]
una scopa nuova spazza bene[It]
#124. Oldness. -- N. oldness
age
antiquity
cobwebs
of antiquity
maturity
decline
decay
senility
seniority
eldership
primogeniture
archaism
thing of the past
relic of the past
Sanskrit
tradition
prescription
custom
immemorial usage
common law
V. be old
have had its day
have seen its day
become old
age
fade
senesce
Adj. old
ancient
antique
of long standing
time-honored
venerable;
elder
eldest
firstborn
prime
primitive
primeval
paleolontological
paleontologic
paleoanthropological
paleolithic;
primordial
aboriginal
antediluvian
prehistoric
antebellum
colonial
precolumbian
patriarchal
fossil
paleozoolical
paleozoic
archaic
classic
medieval
Pre-Raphaelite
ancestral
black-letter
immemorial
traditional
prescriptive
customary
whereof the memory
of man runneth not to the contrary
inveterate
rooted
antiquated
of other times
rococo
of the old school
after-age
obsolete
out of date
out of fashion
out of it
stale
old-fashioned
behind the age
old-world
exploded
gone out
gone by
passe
run out;
senile
time worn
crumbling
secondhand
old as the hills
old as Methuselah
old as
history
[geological eras (list
starting at given number of years bp)]
Archeozoic[5,000,000,000]
Proterozoic[1,500,000,000]
Paleozoic[600,000,000]
Mesozoic[220,000,000]
Cenozoic[70,000,000]
[geological periods (list)] Precambrian
Cambrian[600,000,000]
Ordovician[500,000,000]
Silurian[440,000,000]
Devonian[400,000,000]
Mississippian[350,000,000]
Pennsylvanian[300,000,000]
Permian[270,000,000]
Triassic[220,000,000]
Jurassic[180,000,000]
Cretaceous[135,000,000]
Tertiary[70,000,000]
Paleogene[70,000,000]
Neocene[25,0000,000]
Quaternary[1,000,000]
[geological epochs (list
starting at 70,000,000 years bp)] Paleocene
Eocene
Oligocene
Miocene
Pliocene
Pleistocene
Recent
Adv. since the world was made
since the year one
since the days of
Methuselah
Phr. vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi [Lat][Tacitus]
#125. Morning. [Noon.] -- N. morning
morn
forenoon
a.m
prime
dawn
daybreak
sunup;
peep of day
break of day
aurora
first blush of the morning
first flush
of the morning
prime of the morning
twilight
crepuscule
sunrise;
cockcrow
the small hours
the wee hours of the morning
spring
vernal equinox
first point of Aries
noon
midday
noonday
noontide
meridian
prime
nooning
noontime
summer
midsummer
Adj. matin
vernal
Adv. at sunrise
with the sun
with the lark
"when the morning
dawns"
Phr. "at shut of evening flowers" [Paradise Lost]
entre chien et
"flames in the forehead of the morning sky" [Milton]
"the breezy
call of incense-breathing morn" [Gray]
#126. Evening. [Midnight.] -- N. evening
eve
decline of day
fall of
day
close of day
candlelight
eventide
nightfall
curfew
dusk
twilight
eleventh hour
sunset
sundown
going down of the
sun
cock- shut
dewy eve
gloaming
bedtime
afternoon
postmeridian
p.m
autumn
fall
fall of the leaf
autumnal equinox
Indian summer
St
Luke's summer
St. Martin's summer
midnight
dead of night
witching hour
witching hour of night
witching time of night
winter
killing time
Adj. vespertine
autumnal
nocturnal
Phr. "midnight
the outpost of advancing day" [Longfellow]
"sable-
vested Night" [Milton]
"this gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlay'd"
[Young]
#127. Youth. -- N. youth
juvenility
infancy
babyhood
childhood
boyhood
girlhood
incunabula
minority
nonage
teens
tender age
bloom
cradle
nursery
leading strings
pupilage
puberty
prime of life
flower of life
seedtime of
life
golden season of life
heyday of youth
school days
rising
generation
Adj. young
youthful
juvenile
green
callow
budding
sappy
puisne
beardless
under age
in one's teens
in statu pupillari[Lat]
younger
junior
unfledged
Phr. "youth on the prow and pleasure at the helm" [Gray];
"youth . . . the glad season of life" [Carlyle]
#128. Age. -- N. age
old age
advanced age
golden years
senility
senescence
years
gray hairs
climacteric
grand climacteric
declining years
decrepitude
hoary age
superannuation
second childhood
second childishness;
dotage
vale of years
decline of life
"sear and yellow leaf" [Macbeth];
threescore years and ten
green old age
ripe age
longevity
time of life
seniority
eldership
elders
firstling
doyen
father
primogeniture
[Science of old age.] geriatrics
nostology|
V. be aged
grow old
get old
age
decline
wane
dodder
senesce
Adj. aged
old
elderly
geriatric
senile
matronly
anile|;
in years
ripe
mellow
run to seed
declining
waning
past one's prime;
gray
gray-headed
hoar
hoary
venerable
time-worn
antiquated
passe
effete
decrepit
superannuated
advanced in life
advanced in years;
stricken in years
wrinkled
marked with the crow's foot
having one foot in
the grave
doting
like the last of pea time
older
elder
eldest
senior
firstborn
turned of
years old
of a certain age
no chicken
old as Methuselah;
ancestral
patriarchal
gerontic
Phr. "give me a staff of honor for my age" [Titus Andronicus]
bis
pueri senes [Lat]
plenus annis abiit
plenus honoribus [Lat][Pliny the Younger]
"old age is creeping on apace"
[Byron]
"slow-consuming age" [Gray]
"the hoary head is a crown of glory"
[Proverbs xvi
31]
"the silver livery of advised age" [II Henry VI]
to
grow old gracefully
"to vanish in the chinks that Time has made" [Rogers]
#129. Infant.-- N. infant
babe
baby
babe in arms
nurseling
suckling
yearling
weanling
papoose
bambino
kid
vagitus
child
bairn
little one
brat
chit
pickaninny
urchin
bantling
elf
youth
boy
lad
stripling
youngster
youngun
whippersnapper
whiffet
schoolboy
hobbledehoy
hopeful
cadet
minor
master
scion;
sap
seedling
tendril
olive branch
nestling
chicken
larva
chrysalis
tadpole
whelp
cub
pullet
fry
callow
codlin
codling
foetus
calf
colt
pup
foal
kitten
lamb
caterpillar
cocoon
nymph
orphan
pupa
girl
lass
lassie
wench
miss
damsel
demoiselle
maid
maiden;
virgin
hoyden
infantile
puerile
boyish
girlish
childish
babyish
kittenish
baby
newborn
unfledged
new-fledged
callow
in the cradle
in swaddling clothes
in long clothes
in arms
in
leading strings
at the breast
in one's teens
#130. Veteran.-- N. veteran
old man
seer
patriarch
graybeard;
grandfather
grandsire
grandam
gaffer
gammer
crone
pantaloon;
sexagenarian
octogenarian
nonagenarian
centenarian
old stager
dotard
Methuselah
Nestor
old Parr
elders
forefathers
Phr. "superfluous lags the veteran on the stage" [Johnson]
#131. Adolescence. -- N. adolescence
pubescence
majority
adultism;
adultness
manhood
virility
maturity full age
ripe age
flower
of age
prime of life
meridian of life
spring of life
man
woman
adult
no chicken
V. come of age
come to man's estate
come to years of discretion;
attain majority
assume the toga virilis[Lat]
have cut one's eyeteeth
have sown one's mild oats
Adj. adolescent
pubescent
of age
of full age
of ripe age
out of
one's teens
grown up
mature
full grown
in one's prime
middle-aged
manly
virile
adult
womanly
matronly
marriageable
nubile
Time with reference to an Effect or Purpose
#132. Earliness. -- N. {ant. 133} earliness
morning
punctuality
promptitude
haste
suddenness
prematurity
precocity
precipitation
anticipation
a stitch in time
V. be early
be beforehand
keep time
take time by
the forelock
anticipate
forestall
have the start
gain the start
steal
a march upon
gain time
draw on futurity
bespeak
secure
engage
accelerate
expedite
make haste
Adj. early
prime
forward
prompt
summary
premature
precipitate
precocious
anticipatory;
sudden
unexpected
near
near at
hand
immediate
Adv. early
soon
anon
betimes
eft
eftsoons
ere long
before long
shortly
beforehand
prematurely
precipitately
too
soon
before its time
before one's time
in anticipation
unexpectedly
suddenly
before one can say "Jack
Robinson"
at short notice
extempore
on the spur of the moment
on the
spur of the occasion [Bacon]
at once
on the spot
on the instant
at
sight
offhand
out of hand
straight
straightway
forthwith
incontinently
summarily
immediately
briefly
shortly
quickly
speedily
apace
before the ink is dry
almost
immediately
presently at the first opportunity
in no long time
by and
by
in a while
directly
Phr. no sooner said than done
immediately
if not sooner
tout vient
#132a. Punctuality -- N. punctuality
promptness
immediateness
V. be prompt
be on time
be in time
arrive on time
be in the nick
of time
Adj. timely
seasonable
in time
punctual
prompt
Adv. on time
punctually
at the deadline
precisely
exactly
right
on time
to the minute
in time
in good time
in military time
in pudding
time|
in due time
time enough
with no time to spare
by a hair's
breadth
Phr. touch and go
not a minute too soon
in the nick of time
just
under the wire
get on board before the train leaves the station
#133. Lateness. -- N. {ant. 132} lateness
tardiness
(slowness) 275
delay
delation
cunctation
procrastination
deferring
deferral
v
postponement
adjournment
prorogation
retardation
respite
pause
reprieve
stay of execution
protraction
prolongation
Fabian policy
chancery suit
federal case
leeway
high time;
moratorium
holdover
V. be late
tarry
wait
stay
bide
take time
dawdle
(be inactive) 6
linger
loiter
bide one's time
take one's time
gain
time
hang fire
stand over
lie over
put off
defer
delay
lay over
suspend
table [parliamentary]
shift
off
stave off
waive
retard
remand
postpone
adjourn
procrastinate;
dally
prolong
protract
spin out
draw out
lengthen out
stretch out;
prorogue
keep back
tide over
push to the last
drive to the last
let
the matter stand over
reserve
temporize
consult one's
pillow
sleep on it
lose an opportunity
be kept waiting
dance attendance
kick
one's heels
cool one's heels
wait
impatiently
await
sit up
sit up at night
Adj. late
tardy
slow
behindhand
belated
posthumous
backward
unpunctual
untimely
delayed
postponed
dilatory
delayed
in abeyance
Adv. late
backward
late in the day
at sunset
at
the eleventh hour
at length
at last
ultimately
after time
behind time
after the deadline
too late
too late for
slowly
leisurely
deliberately
at one's leisure
ex post facto
sine
die [parl.]
Phr. nonum prematur in annum [Lat][Horace]
"against the sunbeams
serotine and lucent" [Longfellow]
ie meglio tardi che mai[It]
deliberando
saepe perit occasio [Lat][Syrus]
#134. Occasion. -- N. {ant. 135} timeliness
occasion
opportunity
opening
room
event (eventuality)
suitable season
proper season
suitable time
proper time
high time
opportuneness
crisis
turn
juncture
conjuncture
crisis
turning point
given
time
nick of time
golden opportunity
well timed opportunity
fine
opportunity
favorable opportunity
opening
clear stage
fair field;
fata Morgana[Lat]
spare time
V. seize
use
give
use an occasion
improve the occasion
suit the occasion
seize the occasion
strike while the iron is hot
battre le fer sur
make hay while the sun shines
seize the present hour
take
time by the forelock
Adj. opportune
timely
well-timed
seasonable
providential
lucky
fortunate
happy
favorable
propitious
auspicious
critical
suitable
obiter dicta
Adv. opportunely
in proper course
in due course
in proper
season
in due season
in proper time
in due time
for the nonce
in the
nick of time
in the fullness of time
all in good time
just in time
at
the eleventh hour
now or never
by the way
by the by
pro re nata[Lat]
pro hac vice[Lat]
parenthetically
by way of
parenthesis
incidentally
while speaking of
while on the subject;
extempore
on the spur of the moment
on the spur of the occasion
on the
spot
Phr. carpe diem[Lat]
[Horace]
occasionem cognosce[Lat]
one's hour
is come
the time is up
that reminds me
now that you mention it
come to
think of it
e sempre l'ora[It]
ex quovis ligno
non fit Mercurius[Lat]
nosce tempus[Lat]
nunc aut nunquam[Lat]
#135. Untimeliness -- N. {ant. 134} untimeliness
unseasonableness
inexpedience
unsuitable time
improper time
unreasonableness
evil hour
contretemps
intrusion;
anachronism
bad time
wrong time
inappropriate time
not the right occasion
unsuitable time
inopportune time
poor timing
V. be ill timed
mistime
intrude
come amiss
break in upon;
have other fish to fry
be busy
be occupied
lose an opportunity
throw away an opportunity
waste an opportunity
neglect
allow the opportunity to pass
suffer the
opportunity to pass
allow the opportunity to slip
suffer the opportunity
to slip
allow the opportunity to go by
suffer the opportunity to go by
allow the opportunity to escape
suffer the opportunity to escape
allow
the opportunity to lapse
suffer the opportunity to lapse
allow the
occasion to pass
allow the occasion to slip by
waste time
inactive) 6
let slip through the fingers
lock the barn door after the
horse is stolen
Adj. ill-timed
mistimed
ill-fated
ill-omened
ill-starred;
untimely
unseasonable
out of date
out of season
inopportune
timeless
intrusive
untoward
unlucky
inauspicious
infelicitous
unbefitting
unpropitious
unfortunate
unfavorable
unsuited
inexpedient
unpunctual
too late for
premature
too soon for
wise after the event
monday morning quarterbacking
twenty-
twenty hindsight
Adv. inopportunely
as ill luck would have it
in an evil
hour
the time having gone by
a day after the fair
Phr. after death the doctor
after meat mustard
3. RECURRENT TIME
#136. Frequency. -- N. frequency
commonness
repetition
normality
example (conformity) 82;
routine
custom (habit) 613
regularity
uniformity
constancy
clock-work precision
punctuality
even tenor
system
routine
formula;
rule
regulation) 6
keynote
standard
model
precedent
(prototype)
conformity
V. recur
do nothing but
keep
keep on
Adj. frequent
many times
not rare
incessant
perpetual
continual
steady
constant
thick
uniform
repeated
customary
regular (normal) 80
according to rule
(conformable) 82
common
everyday
usual
ordinary
familiar
old-hat
boring
well-known
trivial
Adv. often
oft
oftentimes
frequently
repeatedly
in quick succession
in
rapid succession
many a time and oft
daily
hourly
every day
every
hour
every moment
perpetually
continually
constantly
incessantly
without ceasing
at
all times
daily and hourly
night and day
day and night
day after day
morning noon and night
ever anon
invariably (habit) 613
most often
commonly
sometimes
occasionally
at times
now and then
from time to time
there being times when
often enough
when the
mood strikes
again and again
#137. Infrequency.-- N. infrequency
rareness
rarity
fewness
uncommonness
V. be rare
infrequent
rare
rare as a blue diamond
few
scarce
almost unheard of
unprecedented
which has not occurred
within the memory of the oldest inhabitant
not within one's previous
experience
scarce as hen's teeth
one in a million
few and far between
Adv. seldom
rarely
scarcely
hardly
not often
not much
infrequently
scarcely
scarcely ever
hardly ever
once in a blue moon
once
once in a blue moon
once in a million years
once for all
once
in a way
pro hac vice[Lat]
Phr. ein mal kein mal[German]
#138. Regularity of recurrence. Periodicity. -- N. periodicity
intermittence
beat
oscillation
pulse
pulsation
rhythm;
alternation
alternateness
alternativeness
bout
round
revolution
rotation
turn
say
anniversary
jubilee
centenary
courses
menses
menstrual flux
[Regularity of return] rota
cycle
period
stated time
routine
days
of the week
Sunday
Monday
months of the year
January
feast
fast
Christmas
Easter
New Year's day
All Saints' Day
All Souls'
All
Souls' Day
Ash Wednesday
bicentennial
birthday
Dewali
groundhog day [U.S.]
Halloween
Lady day
leap year
Midsummer day
Muharram
woodchuck day [U.S.]
St
Swithin's day
natal day
yearbook
yuletide
punctuality
regularity
steadiness
V. recur in regular order
recur in regular succession
return
revolve
come again
come in its turn
come round
come round again
beat
pulsate
alternate
intermit
Adj. periodic
periodical
serial
recurrent
cyclical
rhythmical;
recurring
intermittent
remittent
alternate
every other
hourly
diurnal
daily
quotidian
tertian
weekly
hebdomadal|
hebdomadary|
biweekly
fortnightly
bimonthly
catamenial|
monthly
menstrual
yearly
annual
biennial
triennial
centennial
secular;
paschal
lenten
regular
steady
punctual
regular as clockwork
Adv. periodically
at regular intervals
at stated times
at
fixed established
at established periods
punctually
diem[Lat]
from day to day
day by day
by turns
in turn
in rotation
alternately
every other day
off and
on
ride and tie
round and round
#139. Irregularity of recurrence. -- N. irregularity
uncertainty
unpunctuality
fitfulness
capriciousness
ecrhythmus|
Adj. irregular
uncertain
unpunctual
capricious
desultory
fitful
flickering
rambling
rhapsodical
spasmodic
unmethodical
variable
Adv. irregularly
by fits and starts
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