Time definition

Time as a noun

1. an instance or single occasion for some event

   "this time he succeeded"

   Same sense: clip

2. a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something

   "take time to smell the roses"

3. an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)

   "the time of year for planting"

4. a suitable moment

   "it is time to go"

5. the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

   "he waited for along time"

6. a person's experience on a particular occasion

   "he had a time holding back the tears"

7. a reading of a point in time as given by a clock

   "do you know what time it is?"

   Same sense: clock time

8. the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event

   Same sense: fourth dimension

9. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

   Same sense: meter, metre

10. the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

    "he is doing time in the county jail"

    Same sense: prison term, sentence

Time as a verb

11. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time

    Same sense: clock

12. assign a time for an activity or event

    "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"

13. set the speed, duration, or execution of

    "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"

14. regulate or set the time of

    "time the clock"

15. adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time

    "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"

Synonyms and antonyms

• clip
• clock time
• fourth dimension
• meter
• metre
• prison term
• sentence
• clock

All synonyms of time, sense by sense

How to say time

Time has 1 syllable and rhymes with crime. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with time

• crime
• prime
• lifetime
• climb
• anytime
• sometime
• meantime
• maritime
• overtime
• lime
• enzyme
• longtime

All 45 words that rhyme with time

TIME in word games

Scrabble

6

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

3

Is TIME a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check TIME in the word checker, or unscramble TIME to see its 3 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.