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aeon

noun as in age

noun as in eon

Strong matches

Weak match

noun as in era

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In a January piece in Aeon Magazine, science writer Philip Ball identifies the dangers of “instrument-worship” among scientists.

After what seemed an aeon, they saw that it was daylight outside.

Don't you remember what happened to the passengers of the Aeon, when that steamer was wrecked on Christmas Island?

The Mesozoic time certainly terminated with the Cretaceous, and what follows belongs to a distinct aeon.

He himself hopes along with his followers to live to see the decisive turn of things, the dawn of the new and better aeon.

Given such a culture-hero, the common herd was capable of carrying on more or less mechanically for an aeon or so.

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On this page you'll find 138 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to aeon, such as: century, date, day, era, generation, and life.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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