Synonyms for
Winters
Definition
Winters is the coldest season of the year, occurring between autumn and spring, when the days are shortest and the nights are longest.
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Common collocations
- harsh winters
- mild winters
- long winters
- cold winters
- winters pass
- winters arrive
- winters end
- winters bite
Word family
Usage note
The word 'winters' is the plural form of 'winter', referring to multiple instances of the season. It is rarely used as a verb, though it can mean to spend the winter in a particular place.
Example sentences
- Winters are cold and snowy in Canada.
- I like to drink hot chocolate during the winters.
- In winters, the trees lose their leaves.
- The winters in Alaska are very harsh.
- I always wear a warm coat in the winters.
Quotes
I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape — the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show. - Andrew Wyeth
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. - Albert Camus
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. - Victor Hugo