Skip to main content
spring

spring

∞ 1.0
The season between winter and summer when plants begin to grow
  • noun
  • /sprɪŋ/
: primavera
  • After a long winter, the flowers bloom beautifully in spring.
  • spring semester
  • last spring
  • early spring

What's the best part about spring gang Gang.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • But by next spring, we should have grass going.

  • This is going to be an incredible spring tour.

  • But on a nice spring day like this.

  • Later that day, the teacher might ask, "What signs of spring can you see around us?"

    Academic text (2013)
  • I just created these flowerbeds last spring and I put some.

  • The students decided to call the event Spring Fling and to hold it on a Friday afternoon.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Hi, guys, this is April O'Neil from Channel 6 News and I am here in beautiful New York City on the first day of spring.

  • That's why we spend the whole spring on the road, raising money, recruiting young talent.

  • They're the 1st spring flowers from the Heights.

  • I got a gym membership this past spring, and I've been trying really hard to lose all this weight.

Synonyms

springtime
vsspring
42 1.0

The season when plants start to grow and the weather gets warmer

is the same season but is the shorter, more common everyday word

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

A season with the coldest weather between autumn and spring

Idioms

6 4.9

An energetic way of walking that shows happiness or confidence

1 3.7

The season when weather gets warmer and plants start to grow

Compounds

105 2.0

A short vacation from school in spring, usually one week

39 3.0

Practice and games in spring for baseball teams before the regular season starts

22 3.4

A natural source of hot water that comes from the ground

A deep cleaning of a home done at the start of spring

11 2.5

A small fried snack filled with vegetables and sometimes meat, often served as an appetizer

11 1.0

Water that comes from under the ground and is safe to drink

spring chicken
  • Informal
6 6.7

A young person who has little experience, sometimes used with no to say someone is not young

5 3.2

A strong cloth frame with springs that supports a mattress

A place where water from underground comes out

A time in early spring when day and night are about the same length, around March 21 in the north

2 2.1

A young onion with a small bulb and long green stalks used raw or cooked

coil spring
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A long metal wire shaped into a spiral that pushes back to absorb shock in cars or mattresses

leaf spring
  • Specialized
1 6.4

A long set of metal strips under a vehicle that absorbs shocks

A bed surface filled with metal springs that supports your body while you sleep

A natural hot pool of water that comes from the ground

1 9.0

A small North American tree frog that makes a very high, thin call near ponds in spring

A young chicken that is tender and good for roasting

Plants that bloom in spring

air spring
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A part that uses compressed air to absorb bumps and vibrations in vehicles and machines

spring scale
  • Specialized
1 4.3

A small tool that measures weight or force by how much a metal coil stretches

A plant that has flowers in spring

Time in spring when pollen is high and many people sneeze or have itchy eyes

1 7.8

A small North American plant with two thick leaves, pink or white flowers, and a small edible underground bulb

spring frog
  • Specialized
1 4.9

A small green or brown animal that lives near ponds and wet places and croaks

spring gun
  • NSFW
1 9.2

A hidden device set to shoot as a trap when someone touches or moves something near it

Pierian spring
  • Literature
1 9.9

A source of ideas and inspiration for art and learning

1 8.9

A climbing or bushy plant with purple-blue flowers grown to feed animals and make soil richer

late-spring-blooming
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A plant that has flowers in the later part of spring

spiral spring
  • Specialized
1 4.9

A wire coiled into a spiral that stores and releases energy to make things turn

A small plant with slender leaves and pink flowers that blooms in early spring

A small wild plant with yellow flowers that blooms in early spring

A small secret pocket with a spring that holds small valuable items inside clothing

spring balance
  • Specialized
6.0

A tool that measures weight using a metal spring and shows it on a scale

spring cankerworm
  • Specialized
9.9

A caterpillar that eats leaves from trees like elm and maple in early spring

9.5

A low shrub that blooms early in spring with small bell-shaped red flowers

spring cleavers
  • Specialized
9.3

A small plant with curved prickly stems that stick to clothes and animal fur

spring cress
  • Specialized
7.7

A small plant with white flowers that grows in wet places near streams

9.9

A small plant by the sea with blue or purple flowers in spring

A pocket with a spring that closes to hold small items securely

A small bushy plant with violet-blue flowers like a pea that blooms in spring

A small wild plant that comes back every year with low thick leaves and small white flowers with pink edges

volute spring
  • Specialized
7.5

A metal coil that absorbs shock and stores energy

How Warm

summer
∞ 1.0
spring
∞ 1.0
winter
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

spring singular
springs plural

Etymology

Spring for the season comes from the idea 'to rise' or 'come up' in plants and life. Because new leaves and flowers 'spring up' after winter, the season was called spring.