vernal equinox

Questions about vernal equinox

What is another word for vernal equinox?

It depends which vernal equinox you mean. In the sense “March 21”, the synonyms are March equinox, spring equinox. Across all 2 senses there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of vernal equinox?

The recorded antonym is autumnal equinox. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.

Why are the synonyms for vernal equinox split into groups?

Because vernal equinox carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for vernal equinox come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of vernal equinox

• Full entry for vernal equinoxAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for vernal equinoxWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.