Meanings
nounwet season (plural wet seasons)
plural wet seasons
- Especially in tropical regions, the part of the year when most of the rain falls.
The wet season began almost as soon as the contractor commenced operations.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 100Synonyms: monsoon, monsoon season, rainy season
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEspecially in tropical regions, the part of the year when most of the rain falls.
Opposite
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wet season. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20season
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“wet season.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20season. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wet season,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20season.
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