springtime

spring·time

noun \ˈspriŋ-ˌtīm\

Definition of SPRINGTIME

1

: the season of spring

2

: youth 1a

3

: an early or flourishing stage of development

Examples of SPRINGTIME

1. Springtime is her favorite time of year.
2. <a springtime of entrepreneurship in the old Soviet bloc after the fall of the Iron Curtain>

First Known Use of SPRINGTIME

15th century

Related to SPRINGTIME

Synonyms: blossom, florescence, floruit, flower, flush, heyday, high noon, prime, salad days, bloom

Antonyms: adulthood

Related Words: autumn, Indian summer; blooming, blossoming, efflorescence, flowering; acme, apex, climax, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith; glory, grandeur, splendor; belle epoque (or belle époque), golden age, silver age; comeback, recovery, revivial

Near Antonyms: decay, decline, downfall; bottom, nadir; shriveling (or shrivelling), wilting, withering

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Rhymes with SPRINGTIME

airtime, all-time, bedtime, begrime, big time, big-time, birdlime, buy time, call time, crunch time, cut time, daytime, downtime, dreamtime, drive time, enzyme, eye rhyme, face time, flextime, foretime, free-climb, full-time, half dime, halftime, hang time, hate crime, hill climb, in time, key lime, lifetime, longtime, lunchtime, make time, Mannheim, mark time, Maytime, mealtime, meantime, Mülheim, nighttime, noontime, old-time, onetime, on time, part-time, pastime, peacetime, Pforzheim, playtime, post time, prime time, quicklime, quick time, ragtime, real time, rock climb, schooltime, seedtime, showtime, sight rhyme, small-time, sometime, Sondheim, space-time, sublime, teatime, two-time, uptime, Waldheim, war crime, wartime, wind chime