Synonyms of annual

annual 1 of 2

adjective

as in yearly

occurring once every year

Much of the city's elite attend the museum's annual gala, and it has grown in prominence with each passing year.

The couple had booked a cruise for their annual vacation away from the kids.

Related Words

• yearly
• monthly
• weekly
• quarterly
• daily
• bimonthly
• biweekly
• periodic
• usual
• perennial
• semimonthly
• semiweekly
• recurrent
• frequent
• triweekly
• regular
• serial
• routine
• habitual
• intermittent
• repeated

annual

2 of 2

noun

as in yearbook

a book or magazine that is published once a year

The society releases an annual that includes all the proceedings of its meetings during the year

Related Words

• yearbook
• monthly
• quarterly
• edition
• weekly
• organ
• bimonthly
• daily
• periodical
• newsletter
• gazette
• biweekly
• bulletin
• newspaper
• semimonthly
• journal
• serial
• digest
• semiweekly
• mag
• zine
• magazine
• triweekly
• book
• paper
• diurnal
• rag
• review
• little magazine
• pictorial
• fanzine
• sheet
• extra
• tabloid
• supplement
• newsmagazine
• tab
• slick
• broadside
• newsweekly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of annual

Adjective

The tech executive makes an annual salary of $1, so most of his wealth is linked to his stake in Meta. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

With the support of our Board of Trustees, Valencia has established a minimum average annual graduate earnings benchmark of $42,000 for our associate in science programs. — Kathleen Plinske, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Noun

Yellow starthistle, scientific name Centaurea solstitialis, is a bushy summer-blooming annual, the California Invasive Plant Council said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Since tropical hibiscus can’t survive freezing temperatures, they can be grown as annuals or overwinter indoors in cold regions. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026