midsummer
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
The period around the summer solstice.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmɪdˈsʌmɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
The middle of summer.
The first day of summer.
Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.
A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat.
adjective
Occurring in the middle of summer.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
Used this way, midsummer is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This sense is used where position and measurement matter — travel, weather and flight — so it reads as factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Geography/travel
- Weather/aviation
- Technical/specialist writing
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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Synonyms
Sense: period around the summer solstice
Antonyms
Sense: period around the summer solstice
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