standard time

1. 1.

   the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom

   Synonymscivil timelocal time

   Broadertime

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Questions about standard time

What does standard time mean?

standard time means "the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom".

What is another word for standard time?

Close synonyms include civil time, local time. 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 standard time a common word?

standard time 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.