RAINY SEASON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

One of the two seasons in tropical climates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("rainy season" is a kind of...):

season; time of year (one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rainy season"):

monsoon (rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains)

Antonym:

dry season (one of the two seasons in tropical climates)