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1. epoch-making
adjective. highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era.
Synonyms
- epochal
- significant
Antonyms
- worthless
- inessential
- unimportant
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Rhymes with Pliocene Epoch
2. Pliocene
noun. from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals.
Synonyms
- Tertiary period
- Pliocene epoch
3. epoch
noun. ['ˈɛpək, ˈiːpək'] a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
Synonyms
- historic period
- modern era
- era
- day
- period of time
- period
- time period
Antonyms
- majority
- minority
- rejuvenate
- day
Etymology
- epocha (Latin)
- ἐποχή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
4. epoch
noun. ['ˈɛpək, ˈiːpək'] (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded.
Synonyms
- date
Antonyms
- time off
- regulation time
Etymology
- epocha (Latin)
- ἐποχή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
5. epoch
noun. ['ˈɛpək, ˈiːpək'] a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages.
Synonyms
- geologic time
- period
- geological time
Antonyms
- immature
- oldness
- mature
- old
Etymology
- epocha (Latin)
- ἐποχή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))