season
Explore definitions, synonyms, and language insights of season
Definitions
Noun
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"
Noun
one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"
Noun
a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"
Verb
lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"
Verb
make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
Verb
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
More Specific Terms
Advent
Allhallowtide
autumn
baseball season
basketball season
Christmas
Christmastide
Christmastime
curry
dry season
Eastertide
exhibition season
fall
fishing season
football season
growing season
harvest
harvest time
haying
haying time
high season
hockey season
holiday season
hunting season
Lammastide
Lent
Lententide
Michaelmastide
Noel
off-season
peak season
preseason
rainy season
resinate
salt
sauce
savor
savour
seedtime
sheepshearing
Shrovetide
social season
spice
spice up
spring
springtime
summer
summertime
theatrical season
Twelfthtide
Whitsun
Whitsuntide
Whitweek
winter
wintertime
Yule
Yuletide
zest