Meanings
plural chiliads
- A group of 1000 things, particularly
- Synonym of chiliarchy: a group of 1000 soldiers commanded by a chiliarch.
Synonyms: chiliarchy
- Synonym of millennium: a period of 1000 years.
Synonyms: millennium
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of chiliarchy: a group of 1000 soldiers commanded by a chiliarch.
nounSynonym of millennium: a period of 1000 years.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekχιλιάς“the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium”
- Frenchchiliade
- Latinchilias“the number 1000, a group of 1000 things”
- Englishchiliad
From Latin chilias (“the number 1000, a group of 1000 things”), possibly via French chiliade, from Ancient Greek χιλιάς (khiliás, “the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium”), from χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “1000”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, “-ad: forming collective nouns”). Equivalent to chilia- + -ad.
More words from Latin, French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French chiliade
- chiliadeTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
chiliad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiliad
“chiliad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiliad. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiliad,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiliad.
Source: chiliad on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.