Synonyms & Alternative Forms
What's the difference?
  • Alternative Forms: Abbreviations and their expansions — the same word said at a different length (e.g., "TV" ↔ "television", "thousand" ↔ "one thousand")
  • Synonyms: Different words with similar meanings (e.g., "street" ↔ "road", "mad" ↔ "angry", "big" ↔ "large")
  • Spelling Variants: The same word spelled differently (e.g., "gray" ↔ "grey", "donut" ↔ "doughnut"). These carry a full paradigm of their own and live in the Spelling Variants card below, not here.
German
Synonyms: (different word, similar meaning)
Zeitraum
English
Synonyms: (different word, similar meaning)
period
Spanish
Synonyms: (different word, similar meaning)
período
Spanish (Latin America)
Synonyms: (different word, similar meaning)
período
French
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période
Italian
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periodo
Japanese
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期間
Korean
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기간
Lithuanian
Synonyms: (different word, similar meaning)
laikotarpis
Dutch
Synonyms: (different word, similar meaning)
periode
Portuguese
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período
Swedish
Synonyms: (different word, similar meaning)
period
Swahili
Synonyms: (different word, similar meaning)
kipindi
Vietnamese
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thời kỳ
Chinese
Synonyms: (different word, similar meaning)
时期
Chinese (Taiwan)
Synonyms: (different word, similar meaning)
時期
Spelling Variants
What is a spelling variant?

The same word written differently — "gray" ↔ "grey", "doughnut" ↔ "donut". Each variant carries its own full set of forms ("grey" → "greyer", "greyest"), which is why it is listed separately from both synonyms (different words) and inflections (different forms of this spelling).

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