vernal equinox

1. 1.

   March 21

   SynonymsMarch equinoxspring equinox

   Antonymsautumnal equinox

   Broaderequinox

   NarrowerNoruz

   Part ofspringMarch
2. 2.

   (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces

   Broaderequinoctial point

   astronomy

Questions about vernal equinox

What does vernal equinox mean?

vernal equinox means "March 21". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for vernal equinox?

Close synonyms include March equinox, spring equinox. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of vernal equinox?

The recorded antonyms are autumnal equinox.

Is vernal equinox a common word?

vernal equinox is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.