autumn
autumn is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The harvest or fruits of autumn. Milton.
- 2.The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage. Dr. Preston was now entering into the autumn of the duke's favor. Fuller. Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- afternoon
- arch
- autumnal
- bedtime
- candlelight
- close
- curfew
- day
- dead
- decline
- dewy
- down
- dusk
- eleventh
- equinox
- eve
- evening
- eventide
- fall
- gloaming
- going
- golden
- gorgeous
- hour
- killing
- leaf
- midnight
- night
- nightfall
- nocturnal
- outpost
- postmeridian
- summer
- sun
- sundown
- sunset
- the
- this
- time
- twilight
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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