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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | occurring, done yearly |
| Synonyms: | anniversary, each year, every year, once a year, year end |
| Main Entry: | annual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | book produced once a year |
| Synonyms: | annuary, report, summary, yearbook |
| Main Entry: | almanac |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | document containing information for a year |
| Synonyms: | annual, calendar, chronicle, ephemeris, journal, record, register, registry, yearbook |
Example Sentences
- He was said to be in outstanding physical condition, and like every member of the force, he had to undergo an annual physical.
- Today it has more than 50000 head of cattle and an annual production of at least 10 million pounds of beef.
- This infamous summer annual thrives in warm, moist areas.
| Main Entry: | flower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bloom of a plant |
| Synonyms: | annual, blossom, bud, cluster, efflorescence, floret, floweret, head, herb, inflorescence, perennial, pompon, posy, shoot, spike, spray, vine |
| Main Entry: | journal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chronicle |
| Synonyms: | account, almanac, annals, annual, calendar, chronology, comic book, daily, daybook, diary, gazette, ledger, log, magazine, memento, memoir, minutes, monthly, newspaper, note, observation, organ, paper, periodical, publication, rag, record, register, reminder, reminiscence, review, scandal sheet, statement, tabloid, weekly |
| Main Entry: | magazine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | periodic publication |
| Synonyms: | annual, bimonthly, biweekly, booklet, broadside, brochure, circular, daily, digest, gazette, glossy, joint, journal, manual, monthly, newsletter, newspaper, organ, pamphlet, paper, periodical, pulp, quarterly, rag, review, semiweekly, sheet, slick, throwaway, weekly |
| Main Entry: | perennial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enduring, perpetual |
| Synonyms: | abiding, annual, ceaseless, chronic, constant, continual, continuing, deathless, durable, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, incessant, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, long-lasting, long-lived, longstanding, never-ending, old, perdurable, permanent, persistent, recurrent, seasonal, sustained, unceasing, unchanging, undying, unfailing, uninterrupted, yearlong, yearly |
| Antonyms: | changing, intermittent, interrupted |
| Main Entry: | periodic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at fixed intervals |
| Synonyms: | alternate, annual, at various times, centennial, cyclic, cyclical, daily, epochal, every once in a while, every so often, fluctuating, hourly, infrequent, intermittent, isochronal, isochronous, monthly, occasional, on certain occasions, on-again-off-again, orbital, perennial, periodical, recurrent, recurring, regular, repeated, rhythmic, routine, seasonal, serial, spasmodic, sporadic, weekly, yearly |
| Notes: | periodic means happening or recurring at regular intervals; sporadic means occurring singly or occasionally or in scattered instances |
| Antonyms: | constant, continual, irregular, lasting, permanent, sporadic, variable |
| Main Entry: | plant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom |
| Synonyms: | annual, biennial, bush, creeper, cutting*, flower, grass, greenery, herb, perennial, seedling, shoot, shrub, slip, sprout, tree, vine, weed |
| Antonyms: | animal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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