recent epoch

Questions about recent epoch

What is another word for recent epoch?

It depends which recent epoch you mean. In the sense “approximately the last 10,000 years”, the synonyms are Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of recent epoch?

WordNet records no antonym for recent epoch. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for recent epoch come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of recent epoch

• Full entry for recent epochAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for recent epochWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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