recent epoch recent • recenter · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · recent epoch · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 12 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) approximately the last 10,000 years. Synonyms: Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent, Recent epoch. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074