Time words from http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~inquirer/Time%40.html (yet, it's missing 5 words, given this was taken from archived version)
- ABRUPT => Neg Modif Time* Ngtv |
- ADVANCE#4 => LY Time* | 13% idiom-adv: "In advance"--before, beforehand
- AFTER#1 => PREP LY Time* PFREQ | 92% prep-adv: Later in time than, following, in pursuit or search of.
- AFTERNOON => Noun ABS TIME Time* | noun-adj: The time from noon until evening--part of day.
- AFTERWARD => Modif LY Time* | adverb: In later or subsequent time, subsequently.
- AGE#1 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | 79% noun-adj: Time period measured by length of existence, era; possessing a certain age (3)
- AGE#4 => Noun Time* | 0% noun-adj: "Aging"--growing old
- AGO => Modif Time* | adj-adv: Gone, past (following nouns), in past time
- AHEAD => LY Time* | adverb: Forward or in front in time, distance, etc.
- ALREADY => LY Time* | adverb: By this or that time, previously, prior to or at some specified or implied time, or now, so soon, so early.
- AM#3 => LY Time* | 4% adv: Reduced form of "a.m.," the morning
- ANCIENT => Modif Time* Weak |
- ANNIVERSARY => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- APRIL => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- AUGUST => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- AUTUMN => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- AWAY#3 => LY Time* Ovrst | 2% idiom-adverb: 'right away'--immediately
- AWHILE => LY Time* Undrst |
- BACK#1 => LY Time* | 80% adverb: Toward an original or previous place, time, or condition; to the rear, behind (much less frequ
- BEAT#1 => Noun Time* Exprs | 3% noun-adj: Rhythm, a blow, stroke or throb, as of the heart (1); hip (1); exhausted (0)
- BEFORE => PREP CONJ CONJ2 Time* | prep-adv-conj: Of a previous time, or in front of - literally or figuratively
- BREAK#2 => Noun Time* | 9% noun: An interruption of normal routine (5); a (fortunate) chance occurrence (2); a termination of relations (1); a fracture (0); escape (1)
- BRIEF => Modif Time* DIM Undrst |
- CALENDAR => Noun Time* |
- CASE#4 => CONJ CONJ2 Time* | 5% idiom-conj: 'in case'--in the event
- CENTURY => Noun ABS TIME Time* | noun: Time period, 100 years
- CHILDHOOD => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- CHRISTMAS => Noun ABS TIME Time* Relig |
- CLOSE#8 => Noun Time* Psv | 3% noun-adj: "Closing"--point or time of termination, shutting, last
- COINCIDENCE => Noun Time* Psv Undrst |
- COMMON#5 => LY Time* Ovrst | 2% adv: "Commonly"--generally
- CONCURRENT => Modif Time* |
- CURRENT#1 => Noun Time* | 68% adj: Present, contemporary
- CURRENT#3 => LY Time* | 12% adv: "Currently"--presently
- DATE#1 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | 30% noun: Specific point in time; used elliptically to mean the present-- "to date" (6)
- DATE#3 => IAV SUPV Time* | 2% verb: To indicate a point in time
- DAWN#1 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | 80% noun: Sunrise; origin, beginning (1)
- DAY => Noun ABS TIME Time* | noun: The interval of light between two successive nights--24 hours-- a specific period, time or day
- DAYLIGHT => Noun Time* |
- DAYTIME => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- DECADE => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- DECEMBER => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- DELAY#1 => Neg Noun Time* Ngtv Weak Psv |
- DIRECT#3 => LY Time* Strng Actv Ovrst | 28% adv: "Directly"--without mediation, not obliquely, straightaway, presently
- DURING => PREP Time* | preposition: Throughout, at some point in time.
- DUSK => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- EARLY#1 => LY Time* | 68% adv-adjective: In or during the first part of a period of time, course of action, series of events
- EARLY#2 => LY Time* | 30% adv-adj: Earlier--comparative of 'early'.
- EARLY#3 => Modif Time* | 2% adv-adjective: Earliest--superlative of 'early'.
- EASTER => Noun ABS TIME Time* Relig |
- ELAPSE#1 => Modif Time* Psv |
- ELDER#2 => Modif Strng Time* | 67% adjective: Older, of greater age (my elder brother)
- ELDERLY => Modif Time* Weak |
- ERA => Noun ABS TIME Time* Ovrst |
- EVENING => Noun ABS TIME Time* | noun: The latter part of the day.
- EVENTUAL => Modif Time* Ovrst | adjective: Final, ultimate.
- EVER#1 => LY Ovrst Time* | 75% adverb: At any time--e.g. did you ever fight--by any chance, at all-- e.g. how did you ever survive
- EVERYDAY => Modif Undrst Time* | adj: Commonplace or normal
- FALL#4 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | 5% noun-adj: Autumn
- FAR#3 => LY Time* | 15% adv: "So far"--up to now, up to a certain point or extent
- FAST#1 => Modif Ovrst Strng Actv Time* | 53% adj-adv: Speedy, speedily
- FAST#5 => Modif Strng Actv Ovrst Time* | 19% adj: "Faster"--comparative--speedier, quicker
- FAST#6 => Modif Strng Actv Ovrst Time* | 3% adj: "Fastest"--superlative--speediest, quickest
- FEBRUARY => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- FINAL#1 => DET NUMB ORD POS Modif Time* Ovrst Strng | 24% adjective: Last, eventual, terminal
- FINAL#2 => LY Time* Ovrst Strng | 76% adverb: "Finally"--at last, eventually
- FOREGOING => Modif Time* |
- FORMER#1 => DET NUMB ORD PRE PRE2 Modif Time* | 76% adj: Previous
- FORMER#2 => PRON Time* | 8% noun: The first of two mentioned
- FORMER#3 => LY Time* | 16% adv: "Formerly"--previously
- FORTHCOMING => Modif Time* |
- FORWARD#1 => Pos LY Time* Pstv | 62% adv: Toward or at a place, point, or time in advance, ahead, onward
- FRESH => Pos Modif Time* EVAL Pstv |
- FRIDAY => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- FUTURE => Noun ABS TIME Time* | noun adjective: Time yet to come; pertaining to it
- GOOD#2 => Noun Ovrst Handels Time* | 1% idiom-adv: "For good"--finally, for keeps
- GRADE#2 => Noun ABS TIME Time* Acad | 23% noun: One of the divisions by year of a school curriculum
- GROWN#3 => Handels Time* | 34% verb: To have come or become--'grown to realize,' 'grown dark'
- HEAT#5 => LY Time* | 3% idiom-prep: "In the heat of", during the peak of
- HERETOFORE => LY Time* |
- HIGH#6 => Noun Time* Ovrst | 0% idiom-adj: "High time"--none too soon
- HOUR => Noun ABS TIME Time* | noun-adj.: Specific period of time, one twenty-fourth of a day
- HURRY#3 => LY Time* Actv | 14% adv: "Hurriedly" - quickly
- HURRY#4 => Modif Actv Time* | 0% adj: "Hurried" - rushed
- HURRY#5 => Modif Actv Time* | 10% noun-adj: "Hurrying" - rushing
- IMMEDIACY => Noun Time* Ovrst |
- IMMEDIATE#1 => Modif Time* Ovrst | 33% adjective: Instantaneous, in the very near future, temporally close or adjacent, present; spatially close, near (
- IMMEDIATE#2 => LY Time* Ovrst | 67% adverb: "Immediately"--without delay, instantly, at once
- INCIDENT => Noun Time* |
- INITIAL => Modif Time* |
- INNING => Noun Time* |
- INSTANT => Modif TIME Ovrst Time* |
- INSTANTLY => LY Time* Ovrst |
- INTERIM => Modif Time* Undrst Weak |
- INTERVAL => Noun Time* |
- JANUARY => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- JULY => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- JUNE => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- JUNIOR#1 => Modif Time* Acad | 84% noun-adj: Third year in college or high school, pertaining to same or to person in that position, junior high school or college or pertaining to it
- JUNIOR#2 => Modif Time* | 16% adj: Second in age, experience, status
- JUST#2 => LY Time* | 28% adv: Almost exactly or precisely at some time (most frequent), place, position or condition, generally with a sense of proximity--"it just happened a minute ago," "just over the hill," "he was just as excited"
- LAST#1 => DET NUMB ORD Modif Time* | 45% adj: Previous, past, prior, most recent
- LAST#3 => LY Time* Ovrst | 16% idiom-adv: "At . . .," "at long last"--finally
- LATE#1 => Modif Time* | 57% adj-adv: "Later"--at a more advanced time
- LATE#2 => Modif Time* | 17% adj-adv: Occurring at or belonging to an advanced time, period, stage, hour, etc.
- LATE#3 => LY Time* | 11% adv: "Lately"--"of late"--recently, not long since
- LATE#4 => Modif Time* | 9% adj: Occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time, tardy
- LATE#6 => Modif Time* | 2% adj: "Latest"--most recent, current, coming after all others
- LATTER#2 => DET PRE PRE2 Modif Time* | 33% adj: Later, more recent, last mentioned
- LENGTH#2 => LY Time* Ovrst | 50% idiom-adv: "At length"--after a time, finally
- LIFETIME => Noun Time* |
- LONG#2 => LY Time* | 15% adv-idiom: Expresses termination of an action or state--'no longer,' 'any longer'
- MARCH#1 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | 55% noun-adj: The month
- MATURITY => Pos Noun ABS Abs* Time* Pstv Strng |
- MAY#2 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | 3% noun: The fifth month of the year
- MEANWHILE => CONJ CONJ2 LY Time* | adverb: In the intervening time, at the same time.
- MEASURE#7 => Modif Time* | 3% adj: 'measured'--deliberate, slow, steady
- MEDIEVAL => Modif Time* |
- MIDNIGHT => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- MINUTE => Noun ABS TIME Time* | noun: Exactly or approximately 60 seconds, any short space of time or an instant
- MODERN#1 => Modif Time* | adjective: Of or characteristic of the present or recent time, hence, new-fashioned, contemporary
- MOMENT => Noun ABS TIME Time* Undrst | noun: An indefinitely short space of time, the present or any other particular instant
- MOMENTARY => LY Time* Weak Undrst |
- MONDAY => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- MONTH#1 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | noun: One twelfth of a calendar year
- MORNING => Noun ABS TIME Time* | noun-adj: The early part of the day
- MOVEMENT#3 => Noun Time* Exprs | 1% noun: In music
- MPH => Noun Time* |
- NEW#1 => Modif ABS TIME Time* Strng PFREQ | 71% adj: Of recent origin, appearance, or development, novel
- NEW#3 => Modif ABS TIME Time* Strng | 0% adj: "Newer"--comparative
- NEW#4 => Modif ABS TIME Time* Strng | 0% adj: "Newest"--superlative
- NEW#5 => LY Time* Strng | 1% adv: "Newly"--recently
- NEWBORN => Modif Time* Nonadlt Weak |
- NEXT#1 => DET NUMB ORD POS Modif Time* | 81% adj-adv: Immediately succeeding in some sequence, usually temporal-- 95 percent
- NIGHT#1 => Noun ABS TIME Time* PFREQ | noun-adj: Period of darkness between sunset and sunrise, relating to same
- NOON => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- NOVEMBER => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- NOW => LY Time* | adv: At the present time--or used to introduce certain types of remarks, particularly in tales ('now there once was . . .)
- O'CLOCK => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- OCTOBER => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- OLD#1 => Modif Time* Weak | 67% adjective: Aged, long standing, prior, used affectionately toward something or someone known a long time
- OLD#2 => Modif Time* | 13% idiom-adj.: "(n) year(s), month(s) old"--phrase used to specify (n)
- OLD#3 => Modif Time* Weak | 15% adjective: "Older"--comparative
- OLD#4 => Modif Time* Weak | 4% adjective: "Oldest"--superlative
- ONCE#2 => LY Time* Ovrst | 14% idiom-adv: 'at once'--immediately, at the same time--"do it at once"--"he is at once brilliant and slow"
- ONCE#3 => LY Time* | 6% idiom: 'once upon a time'--used to introduce tales, stories
- ONCE#4 => Intj Time* Ovrst Strng | 0% idiom: 'once and for all'--with decision and finality
- ORIGINAL => Modif Time* | adj: Earliest; prototypical, innovative, novel
- OTHER#5 => LY Time* | 0% adv: "The other day, night, evening, etc."--a day (night, etc.) or two ago
- OVER#6 => PREP Time* | 3% prep: During--"over the last two months"
- OVERNIGHT => Modif Time* |
- PAST#1 => Modif Time* | 63% adj: Previous, preceding
- PAST#3 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | 25% noun: Time gone by, past career, history
- PAST#4 => LY Time* | 4% adv: By, beyond
- PAUSE#1 => Noun Time* Weak |
- PEND#1 => Modif Time* Psv |
- PERIOD => Noun ABS TIME Time* | noun: Interval of time.
- PHASE => Noun ABS Abs* Time* |
- PLACE#3 => Handels Time* | 2% idiom-adv: "(in the) n-th place"
- POINT#1 => Noun TIME Time* | 34% noun: Temporal or spatial (much less frequent) location, level, degree, stage; a dot, sharp end (infrequent)
- POSTPONE#1 => Modif Time* Actv |
- POSTWAR => Modif Time* |
- PRECEDE#1 => Modif Time* |
- PRELIMINARY => Modif Time* |
- PREMATURE => LY Weak Time* |
- PRESENT#1 => Modif Time* | 39% adj: Current, near in time--"the present policy"
- PRESENT#2 => LY Time* Ovrst | 17% adv: Currently, shortly--"presently," "at present"
- PRESENT#6 => Noun Time* | 3% noun: This point in time, the current time or era--"the present"
- PREVIOUS => Modif Time* POS | adjective: Prior, coming before something else.
- PRIOR => DET NUMB ORD Modif Time* |
- PROSPECTIVE => Modif Time* |
- PROVISIONAL => Modif Weak Time* |
- QUICK => Modif Time* Actv Ovrst | adj: Fast, speedy
- RAPID#1 => Modif Time* Actv Ovrst | 39% adj: Quick, fast
- RAPID#2 => Modif Time* Actv Ovrst | 58% adv: "Rapidly"--quickly
- RECENT => Modif Time* | adj: Of a time just before the present
- RHYTHM => Noun ABS Abs* Time* |
- RHYTHMIC => Modif Time* |
- ROUND#8 => Noun Time* Actv | 3% noun: A course or series of actions or events, a period of activity as in boxing or shooting
- RUN#8 => Noun Time* Ovrst | 1% noun-adj: E.g. 'long run'--span of time
- RUSH#3 => Modif Time* | 3% adj: "Rushed"--hurried
- SATURDAY => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- SEASON => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- SECOND#2 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | 5% noun: Unit of time
- SEMESTER => Noun ABS TIME Time* Acad |
- SENIOR#2 => Modif Time* Strng | 23% noun-adj: Older in years or experience, having
- SEPTEMBER => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- SEQUENCE => Noun ABS Abs* Time* |
- SERIES => Noun ABS Abs* Time* |
- SESSION => Noun Time* | noun: A meeting of two or more individuals for joint activity for a given period of time, the given period of time involved in such or any activity
- SHIFT#2 => Noun Time* | 17% noun: Work crew or time period of work
- SHORT#4 => LY Time* Ovrst | 8% adv: "Shortly" - in a short time
- SHOT#4 => Modif Time* | 1% adj: "One shot"--occuring only once
- SINCE#1 => PREP CONJ CONJ2 LY Time* | 52% conj-prep-adv: From some past time to the present
- SLOW#1 => Modif Time* Undrst | 46% adj: Not fast
- SLOW#2 => LY Time* Undrst | 34% adv: "Slowly" - adverb form of sense 1
- SLOW#3 => Modif Time* Undrst | 7% adj: "Slower"--comparative form of sense 1
- SLOW#4 => Modif Time* Undrst | 0% adj: "Slowest"--superlative form of sense 1
- SOMETIME#1 => LY Time* Undrst | 7% adverb: At some indefinite or indeterminate point in time
- SOON#1 => LY Time* PFREQ Ovrst | 94% adv: Within a short period after this or that time, event, etc.
- SOON#2 => LY Time* Ovrst | 6% adv: "Sooner"--comparative of sense 1
- SOON#3 => LY Time* Ovrst | 1% adv: "Soonest"--superlative of sense 1
- SPEED#1 => Modif Strng Actv Time* Ovrst |
- SPEEDY => Modif Time* Ovrst |
- SPELL#1 => Noun Time* |
- SPOT#4 => LY Time* | 7% adv: "On the spot"--at once
- SPRING#1 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | 65% noun-adj: The season
- STAY#2 => Noun Time* | 3% noun: Duration, length of a visit; a support (0)
- STILL#1 => LY Time* PFREQ | 85% adv: As previously, yet, even now
- STORE#4 => Modif Time* | 4% noun (adj-adv): 'in store'--in the future
- SUBSEQUENT => DET NUMB ORD Modif Time* |
- SUCCEED#2 => DET NUMB ORD Modif Time* | 6% adj: "Succeeding"--following
- SUDDEN#1 => Modif Time* Ovrst | 20% adjective: Unexpected, abrupt.
- SUDDEN#2 => LY Time* Ovrst | 80% adverb-idiom: "Suddenly," or "all of a sudden"--abruptly, unexpectedly
- SUMMER => Noun ABS TIME Time* | noun-adj: The season between spring and autumn
- SUNDAY => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- SUNDOWN => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- SWIFT => Modif Time* Strng Ovrst |
- TEMPORARY => Modif Time* Weak |
- TERM#2 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | 24% noun: A period of time
- THEN => LY Time* | adv-noun: At or about that time, thereafter--in that case or event, that time
- THEREAFTER => LY Time* |
- THEREUPON => LY Time* |
- THURSDAY => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- TILL#1 => PREP Time* | 27% prep: Until--up to a time
- TILL#2 => CONJ CONJ2 Time* | 71% conj: Until--to the time that or when
- TIME#1 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | 70% noun-adj: A general sense of time, an unspecified stretch or amount of time, a while; a relatively specific moment or period--'at that time' (387)
- TIME#2 => Noun Time* | 3% noun: Some period of time as subjectively experienced--'a good time'
- TIME#5 => LY Time* | 1% idiom-adv: 'on time'--punctual
- TIME#6 => LY Time* | 0% idiom: 'ahead of time'--soon enough, before some deadline
- TIME#7 => LY Time* Hostile | 0% idiom: 'about time'--overdue
- TIME#8 => LY Time* | 0% idiom: 'for the time being'--for now
- TIME#9 => Noun Time* | 0% noun: Rhythm--'keep time with the music'
- TIME#_11 => LY Time* | 0% idiom-verb: 'take (one's) time'--proceed unhurriedly
- TODAY => LY Time* | adv: On this day, at the present time, the present day or era
- TOMORROW => LY Time* | adv: The day after today, the future
- TONIGHT => LY Time* | noun-adv: This evening
- TUESDAY => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- TWENTIETH-CENTURY => Modif Time* |
- TWILIGHT => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- ULTIMATE#1 => Modif Comp EST EVAL Ovrst Strng Time* | 41% adj: Eventual, final, maximal
- ULTIMATE#2 => LY Time* Strng Ovrst | 59% adv: "Ultimately" - eventually, in the end
- UNISON => Noun Time* Strng Affil |
- UNPRECEDENTED => Modif Time* Negate Ovrst |
- UNTIL#1 => PREP Time* | 27% prep: Up to a time
- UNTIL#2 => CONJ CONJ2 Time* | 73% conj: Up to a time
- URGENT => Modif Time* Ovrst Strng |
- VELOCITY => Noun Time* |
- WAIT#3 => Noun Time* Psv | 2% noun-adj: "Wait," "waiting"--a period of staying in expectation, being available or being postponed temporarily
- WEDNESDAY => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- WEEK => Noun ABS TIME Time* | noun: A period of seven successive days, usually understood as beginning on sunday and ending on saturday
- WEEKEND => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- WHEN => CONJ CONJ2 INT Time* | conj: At the time that, at what time
- WHENEVER => CONJ CONJ2 Time* | conj: At whatever time
- WHILE#1 => Noun ABS TIME Time* | 29% noun: A period or interval of time
- WHILE#2 => CONJ CONJ2 Time* | 69% conjunction: During or in the time that
- WINTER => Noun ABS TIME Time* |
- YEAR#1 => Noun ABS TIME Time* PFREQ | 88% noun: A period of 365 days
- YESTERDAY => Noun ABS TIME Time* | adv-noun: On the day preceding this day, or a short time ago
- YET#1 => LY Time* Ovrst | 35% adv: At, up to, or as of some specific time (usually present)
- YET#4 => LY Time* | 6% idiom-adv: 'as yet'--up to now
- YOUNG#1 => Modif Time* Nonadlt | 71% adj-noun: Being in an early stage generally of life, growth, existence etc.--or pertaining to those who have you
- YOUNG#2 => Modif Time* Nonadlt | 22% adj-noun: "Younger"
- YOUNG#3 => Modif Time* Nonadlt | 7% adj-noun: "Youngest"
- YOUTH#2 => Noun ABS TIME Time* Nonadlt | 24% noun: The time of being young, early life
- YOUTHFUL => Modif Time* Nonadlt |