INDIAN SUMMER Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

Indian summer

noun

Definition of Indian summer

as in autumn

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Recent Examples of Indian summer Even in states that have an early season, some hunters completely avoid the lush hell of September woods and the corresponding mosquitoes, black flies and Indian summer heat. — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 The Indian summer temperature had made the thermometer’s mercury climb up over 90 degrees. — Joshua John Miller, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2026 Although the Indian summer will end at some point, Palm Tree Club is permanently a new getaway in downtown Kansas City. — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 After years of neglect, an Indian summer of prosperity had come at last. — F. Scott Fitzgerald, New Yorker, 17 July 2025

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An attendant will set up the fire and chairs and provide s’mores ingredients, making for a cozy autumn evening.

— Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Come in the dog days of August, sure, but don’t miss a chance to return for PumpkinFest in autumn, or to slice your skates over Winnisquam’s frozen surface come January.

— Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026

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Still, a visit to Meyers’ sleek apartment, admittedly paid for by his parents, confirms for Ed the kind of youthful privilege at play here, so unlike the scrappier downtown bohemia of his own artistic heyday.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Originally built in the 1940s to manufacture B-29 bombers, Ford City reopened as a shopping center in 1965 and had more than 100 stores during its heyday.

— Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

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