Synonyms of clime

clime

noun

ˈklīm 

as in environment

the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded

a nonconformist who left his jerkwater hometown for the more welcoming clime of the big city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• environment
• surroundings
• climate
• environs
• atmosphere
• terrain
• surround
• context
• setting
• milieu
• ambient
• space
• location
• place
• medium
• contexture
• situation
• backdrop
• mise-en-scène
• element
• position
• background
• status
• geography
• habitat
• microenvironment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clime

Like many arrivals from colder, cloudier climes, Hockney went all in on LA, buying a Ford Falcon and devouring John Rechy’s City of Night. — Mark Rozzo, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026

As the sun set behind the main stand of the ground, planes could be seen setting off to foreign climes. — Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 6 June 2026

Just under 300,000 years from the moment Homo sapiens appeared in Africa, the species had encircled Earth, mastering desolate deserts and frozen wastelands and all the temperate climes in between. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 4 June 2026

Other Floridians skip the season altogether and flee to cooler climes, choosing to drive north into the mountains for a cool-cation. — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 3 June 2026