summer

sum-mer · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun) The warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn.

  2. 2.

    (noun) A year of a person's life (literary).

  3. 3.

    (verb) To spend the summer in a place.

  4. 4.

    (adjective) Of or relating to summer.

Forms

plural: summers

Related words

Antonyms: winter
See also: autumn, spring, winter
Synonyms: summertime

Etymology

From Old English sumor ("summer"), from Proto-Germanic sumaraz ("summer"), possibly from Proto-Indo-European sem- ("summer, warm season"). Cognate with German Sommer, Dutch zomer, and Old Norse sumar.