summer

n

1. summertime, daylight-saving time, Astron. (in the northern hemisphere) summer solstice; summer break, school vacation, end of school, vacation time, vacation, Chiefly Brit. holiday; dog days, hot or warm weather, sunny or bright weather, beach weather.

2. heyday, prime, acme, zenith; efflorescence, flowering, blossoming, fructification, bloom, blossom, pink.

adj

3. summery, summerlike, summerly, estival; warm-weather, seasonal, seasonable; vacation, Chiefly Brit. holiday.

4. sunny, sunshiny, bright, warm, hot, baking, sultry, sweltering, humid, muggy, sticky, close.

v

5. spend the summer, estivate, go or repair to for the summer, have a summer home or beach cottage in; pass the summer, relax, rest, retire.