eon

English Thesaurus

1. (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe (noun.person)

hypernym	:	spiritual being, supernatural being,
definition	:	an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events (noun.person)

domain category	:	gnosticism,
definition	:	a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches (noun.cognition)

2. an immeasurably long period of time (noun.time)

hypernym	:	age, long time, years,
definition	:	a prolonged period of time (noun.time)

3. the longest division of geological time (noun.time)

hypernym	:	geologic time, geological time,
definition	:	the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history) (noun.time)

instance hyponym	:	phanerozoic, phanerozoic aeon, phanerozoic eon,
definition	:	the period from about 5,400 million years ago until the present (noun.time)

instance hyponym	:	precambrian, precambrian aeon, precambrian eon, precambrian period,
definition	:	the eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago (noun.time)

instance hyponym	:	proterozoic, proterozoic aeon, proterozoic eon,
definition	:	from 2,500 to 544 million years ago; bacteria and fungi; primitive multicellular organisms (noun.time)

instance hyponym	:	archaeozoic, archaeozoic aeon, archean, archean aeon, archean eon, archeozoic, archeozoic eon,
definition	:	the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life (noun.time)

instance hyponym	:	hadean, hadean aeon, hadean eon, hadean time, priscoan, priscoan aeon, priscoan eon,
definition	:	the earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago); no evidence of life (noun.time)

part holonym	:	era, geological era,
definition	:	a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods (noun.time)

4. an immeasurably long period of time (noun.time)

derivation	:	aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending,
definition	:	continuing forever or indefinitely (adj.all)

5. the longest division of geological time (noun.time)

derivation	:	aeonian, eonian,
definition	:	of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era) (adj.pert)

6. an immeasurably long period of time (noun.time)

derivation	:	aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending,
definition	:	continuing forever or indefinitely (adj.all)

7. the longest division of geological time (noun.time)

derivation	:	aeonian, eonian,
definition	:	of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era) (adj.pert)