autumn

Meanings

Plural: autumns

Noun

• the season when the leaves fall from the trees
• Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as spanning the months of September, October, and November in the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
• The time period when someone or something is past its prime.
• A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.

Verb

• To spend the autumn (in a particular place).
• To (cause to) undergo the changes associated with autumn, such as leaves changing color and falling from trees.

Synonyms

Autumn, autumn, autumntime, back end, decline, fall, harvest

Antonyms

spring

Related Words

Adonis autumnalis, autumnal, autumnal equinox, autumnian, autumnity, Colchichum autumnale, Coregonus autumnalis, Coregonus autumnalis migratorius, Dendrocygna autumnalis, Epirrita autumnata, fall, Galerina autumnalis, Helenium autumnale, Indian summer, Lacus Autumni, Leontodon autumnale, Leontodon autumnalis, Leptospira autumnalis, Leptus autumnalis, Musca autumnalis, Neotrombicula autumnalis, Plegadis autumnalis, Scilla autumnalis, spring, summer, Trombicula autumnalis, winter