c.e.

1. 1.

   of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians

   “in 200 CE”

   SynonymsCECommon Era

Questions about c.e.

What does c.e. mean?

c.e. means "of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians".

How many syllables are in c.e.?

c.e. has 1 syllable: c.e..

What is another word for c.e.?

Close synonyms include CE, Common Era. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is c.e. a common word?

c.e. is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.