springtime

springtime

noun

Definition of SPRINGTIME

1

a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement <a springtime of entrepreneurship in the old Soviet bloc after the fall of the Iron Curtain>

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

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

2

the state or time of being a child <a man in the winter of his life reminiscing about his springtime and wondering where all the years went>

Synonyms nonage, springtime, youth

Related Words boyhood, girlhood, toddlerhood; adolescence, juvenescence, minority; immaturity, juvenility; babyhood, infancy

Near Antonyms majority; middle age, midlife; senectitude, sunset, winter

Antonyms adulthood