Thesaurus:winter

Thesaurus

winter

English

Adjective

Sense: the coldest season of the year

Synonyms

• Winter
• winter
• wintertide (archaic)
• wintertime

Antonyms

• summer    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• atomic winter
• Christmastide
• hard winter
• impact winter
• nuclear winter
• volcanic winter
• Yuletide

Hypernyms

• season

Meronyms

• depth of winter
• midwinter
• winter solstice
•   —
• cold    [⇒ thesaurus]
• frost
• ice
• snow
•   —
• winterbourne
• winter break
• winter storm

Holonyms

• year    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• Father Winter
• Old Man Winter

Further reading

• “winter” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.