200 Spring Words to Make Your Vocabulary Bloom

Updated March 14, 2023
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How would you describe spring? Would you write about spring’s pretty flowers, green trees, and lovely fields? You could — or you can describe the season’s budding flowers, verdant trees, and flourishing fields instead. Use this list of unique spring words to enhance your description of this harmonious, rejuvenating season.

Descriptive List of Spring Words

Enhance your spring poetry — or even your spring social media posts — with these illustrative words to describe the senses of springtime.

Word

Definition

Example Sentence

abloom

being in bloom; flowering

The fields were abloom with purple lilac.

ambrosial

divinely sensuous

The scent of sweet cherry blossoms in the spring air was positively ambrosial.

aromatic

having a sweet aroma

With the smells of fresh grass and flowers in the air, spring may be the most aromatic season of all.

blossoming

appearing in blossoms

I love when the peach trees begin blossoming after winter.

bountiful

having a generous supply

The spring meadow was bountiful with new life.

budding

opening into flowers

The budding yellow tulips welcomed us on the warm spring morning.

burgeoning

sprouting or beginning

Some burgeoning sprouts turned the spring garden green.

efflorescent

bursting into flower

We breathed in the floral scent on an efflorescent spring afternoon.

flourishing

growing well; thriving

My flourishing vegetable garden has grown after the spring rain.

fragrant

sweet smelling

Who needs perfume on such a fragrant spring morning?

frondescent

leafy and green

I love walking through the frondescent meadow in the sunshine.

harmonious

a pleasing sound

The harmonious chorus of chirping birds woke me from an afternoon nap.

incalescent

becoming warmer

We have really enjoyed these incalescent spring evenings as the sun sets later.

lush

abundant and growing

A lush meadow of flowers beckoned busy honeybees.

pastoral

relating to farms and pastures

The pastoral backdrop for our spring picnic looked like a painting.

picturesque

as vivid as a picture

Take a walk through the orchard for a picturesque glimpse of spring.

rejuvenating

to become new and fresh

The newly warm mornings of spring are a rejuvenating force.

renascent

born again (as in renaissance)

A renascent patch of spring grass pushed past the melting snow.

splendorous

wonderful to the senses

What a splendorous spring morning to behold!

verdant

deeply green

The previously bare trees turned bright and verdant as spring began.

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Spring Words Beginning With A-E

From flowers to weather words, you'll find plenty of spring vocabulary words starting with the letters in the first part of the alphabet.

Spring Words Starting With F-P

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Spring Words That Starting With Q-Z

From spring sounds to the way things grow, there are even a number of springtime words that begin with letters toward the end of the alphabet.

Illustrated List of Spring Words

A printable list of spring words includes a selection of common spring terms and their pictures.

List of spring words for younger children from the article.
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Examples of Spring Phrases

Spring words on their own are great, but so are phrases. Celebrate spring with one of these seasonal sayings.

  • April showers bring May flowers
  • go fly a kite
  • new life, new season
  • out of the cold, into the warmth
  • refresh and declutter with spring cleaning
  • showers before flowers
  • soak up the springtime sunshine
  • spring has sprung
  • spring is a time for new beginnings
  • spring is in the air
  • spring planting produces summer bounty
  • tend the earth
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