Era
Era noun - An extent of time associated with a particular person or thing.
Usage example: the introduction of the mass production of cars on an assembly line ushered in the era of the automobile
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Synonyms for Era
Period
Period noun - An extent of time associated with a particular person or thing.
Usage example: the Romantic period in music
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Synonyms for Period
Era is a synonym for period in date topic. You can use "Era" instead a noun "Period", if it concerns topics such as phase, time, age, extent of time. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| particular | particular era | particular period |
| specific | specific era | specific period |
| certain | certain era | certain period |
| present | present era | present period |
| Other adjectives: future, current, original, medieval, romantic, entire, new, early, given, later, imperial, next, last, different, earlier, soviet, historical, feudal, victorian, cretaceous, post-war. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Antiquated Linguistics: Thanks to the time period and the era the novel was written in nearly all the characters speak in straight, formal Spanish.
Source: Literature / Noli Me Tangere -
The manga series Shinobi Life has first Kagetora, and then others, sent back and forth between the modern era and the time period Kagetora's from, via falling into a lake.
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This was because, no matter what the setting or time period, the comedy characters would always be based on Elizabethan-era peasants—and in the Elizabethan era, people had last names.
Source: Only One Name
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Period and Era. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/era/period
Era & Period. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/era/period>.
Period or Era. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/era/period.
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