The Meaning of olympiad

• (n.) A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.

Synonyms

Olympiad , Olympic Games , Olympics , Olympiad

Rhymes

ad , add , arvad , ayyad , bad , brad , cad , chad , chadd , ciudad , clad , comrade , dad , doodad , dyad , fad , flad , forbad , gad , gadd , galahad , glad , grad , grandad , had , hadd , halmstad , hlad , hyderabad , ironclad , kaliningrad , keypad , khad , lad , ladd , leningrad , mad , madd , mirad , mossad , nad , nomad , pad , plaid , rad , radde , riyad , riyadh , sad , scad , schad , shabad , shad , shadd , sinbad , sociedad , soledad , stalingrad , tad , tadd , thad , triad , trinidad , undergrad , vlad , volgograd