Summer meaning

What does “summer” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“summer” is a noun and verb with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox.

summer

noun

  1. the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

    “they spent a lazy summer at the shore”

    Synonymssummertime
  2. the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty

    “the golden summer of his life”

verb

  1. spend the summer

    “We summered in Kashmir”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University