period: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with P · ends with D
Meaning of period
noun
A length of time.
Example: There was a period of confusion following the announcement.
A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
Example: Food rationing continued in the post-war period.
- Canada, Philippines, US
The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- figuratively
A decisive end to something; a stop.
Listed forms: periods.
Source: Wiktionary — period.
adj
- not-comparable
Designating anything from a given historical era.
- not-comparable
Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
Example: a period piece
- not-comparable
Menstrual.
Example: period pains
Source: Wiktionary — period.
intj
- Canada, US
That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.
Example: I know you don't want to go to the dentist, but your teeth need to be checked, period!
Source: Wiktionary — period.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for period.
noun
an amount of time
- time period
- period of time
noun
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
- geological period
noun
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
noun
a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is period in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of period
P(3) + E(1) + R(1) + I(1) + O(1) + D(2) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of period
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from period
60 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in period. Showing up to 24, longest first.