Summer definition
Summer is a noun meaning "the warmest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox." It has 3 meanings, as a noun and a verb, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 6
- How common
- Everyday word
Summer as a noun
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"
Same sense: summertime
the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty
"the golden summer of his life"
Summer as a verb
spend the summer
"We summered in Kashmir"
Synonyms and antonyms
- summertime
How to say summer
Summer has 2 syllables and rhymes with drummer. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with summer
- drummer
- newcomer
- plumber
- bummer
- dumber
- midsummer
- comer
- hummer
- mummer
- glummer
SUMMER in word games
- Scrabble
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Anagrams
- 0
Is SUMMER a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check SUMMER in the word checker, or unscramble SUMMER to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.