time period

1. 1.

   an amount of time

   “a time period of 30 years”

   “hastened the period of time of his recovery”

   “Picasso's blue period”

   Synonymsperiod of timeperiod

   Broaderfundamental quantity

   Narrowertrial periodtime framegracehoursdowntimeuptimework timetime offbouthospitalization

Questions about time period

What does time period mean?

time period means "an amount of time".

What is another word for time period?

Close synonyms include period of time, period. 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 time period a common word?

time period is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.