academic year

English Thesaurus

1. the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying (noun.time)

hypernym	:	year,
definition	:	a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity (noun.time)

part holonym	:	academic session, academic term, school term, session,
definition	:	the time during which a school holds classes (noun.time)

part holonym	:	semester,
definition	:	one of two divisions of an academic year (noun.time)

part holonym	:	trimester,
definition	:	one of three divisions of an academic year (noun.time)

part holonym	:	quarter,
definition	:	one of four periods into which the school year is divided (noun.time)