UTC

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proper noun

Coordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.

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Meanings

UTC1

proper noun
  1. Coordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.

    Synonyms: GMT

UTC2

proper noun
  1. USabbreviationinitialismlawInitialism of Uniform Traffic Code.
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  1. abbreviationinitialismlifestyleInitialism of unable to contact.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounCoordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.

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GMT

More synonyms by meaning

nounGreenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds

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coordinated universal time
Broader
Greenwich Mean TimeGreenwich TimeGMT
Also see
coordinated universal timegreenwich mean time

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

A compromise initialism between English CUT (“Coordinated Universal Time”) and French TUC (“Temps Universel Coordonné”), unofficially giving “Universal Time Coordinated” and “Universel Temps Coordonné”.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

UTC. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/UTC

MLA

“UTC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/UTC. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “UTC,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/UTC.

Source: UTC on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.