era

Other forms of era

plural

eras·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about era

What does era mean?

era means "a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in era?

era has 2 syllables: er-a. The stress falls on "er". In IPA it is /ˈɛɹə/.

What is another word for era?

Close synonyms include epoch, geological era, earned run average. 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 era a common word?

era is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with era?

2 words rhyme with era. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.