YEARS as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the time during which someone’’s life continues
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the monarch’’s last days
    • in his final years
    Hypernyms(s) years is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a late time of life
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • old age is not for sissies
    • he’’s showing his years
    • age hasn”t slowed him down at all
    • a beard white with eld
    • on the brink of geezerhood
    Hypernyms(s) years is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • a prolonged period of time
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • we”ve known each other for ages
    • I haven”t been there for years and years
    Hypernyms(s) years is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)