| Main Entry: | prime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | best part of existence |
Synonyms: |
best, best days, bloom, choice, cream*, elite, fat*, flower*, flowering, height, heyday, maturity, peak, perfection, pink*, prize, spring, springtime, top, verdure, vitality, zenith |
Antonyms: |
downfall |
| Main Entry: | prime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning; spring |
Synonyms: |
adolescence, aurora, dawn, daybreak, dew, greenness, juvenility, morn, morning, opening, puberty, pubescence, springtime, start, sunrise, sunup, tender years, vitality, youth, youthfulness |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, end |
| Main Entry: | puberty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young adulthood |
Synonyms: |
adolescence, awkward stage, boyhood, girlhood, greenness, high-school years, juvenescence, juvenility, potency, preadolescence, pubescence, spring*, springtide, springtime, teenage years, teens, youth, youthfulness |
| Notes: | adolescence is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood; puberty is the time of sexual development |
Antonyms: |
adulthood |
| Main Entry: | spring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | season following winter |
Synonyms: |
blackberry winter, budding, budtime, flowering, prime, seedtime, springtide, springtime, vernal equinox, vernal season |