'Semester' definitions:
Definition of 'semester'
(from WordNet)
noun
One of two divisions of an academic year
noun
Half a year; a period of 6 months
Definition of 'Semester'
From: GCIDE
- Semester \Se*mes"ter\ (s[-e]*m[e^]s"t[~e]r), n. [G., from L. semestris half-yearly; sex six + mensis a month.] A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or university which divides the year into two terms. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'semester'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abundant year,
- academic year,
- annum,
- bissextile year,
- calendar month,
- calendar year,
- century,
- common year,
- day,
- decade,
- decennary,
- decennium,
- defective year,
- fiscal year,
- fortnight,
- hour,
- leap year,
- lunar month,
- lunar year,
- lunation,
- luster,
- lustrum,
- man-hour,
- microsecond,
- millennium,
- millisecond,
- minute,
- moment,
- month,
- moon,
- quarter,
- quinquennium,
- regular year,
- second,
- session,
- sidereal year,
- solar year,
- sun,
- term,
- trimester,
- twelvemonth,
- week,
- weekday,
- year