autumnal

Speech parts

1. autumnal - Adjective

2. autumnal - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

september equinox maple fall summer adult autumn mature seasonal cultivated ripe seasoned mellow fruiting blooming
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Antonyms

vernal wintry summery midsummer midwinter hot
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Phrases with the word

autumnal equinox day autumnal season commences colored autumnal leaves autumnal equinox time autumnal period begins autumnal hawkbit

Examples

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. P. D. James

No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace, As I have seen in one autumnal face. John Donne

My wind is turned to bitter north, That was so soft a south before; My sky, that shone so sunny bright, With foggy gloom is clouded o'er My gay green leaves are yellow-black, Upon the dank autumnal floor; For love, departed once, comes back No more again, no more. Arthur Hugh Clough

To cleave that sea in the gentle autumnal season, murmuring the name of each islet, is to my mind the joy most apt to transport the heart of man into paradise. Nikos Kazantzakis

I walk beyond town, many of these nights, to stand under the high autumnal stars, look upward and wonder. Poul Anderson

A man's heart and the autumnal sky. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

autumn years autumn-blooming autumn-flowering autumnal equinox autumnal equinox day autumnal equinox time