Standard Lemma guide

clime

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /klaɪm/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: climb
  • rhymes with -aɪm

1

noun

Meaning 1

A particular region defined by its weather or climate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Climate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • A change of clime was exactly what the family needed.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Misspelling of climb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, colloquial, misspelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

Misspelling of climb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, colloquial, misspelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dank climate of southern Wales
  • plants from a cold clime travel best in winter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: climate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: environmental condition

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “(zone of) latitude”, literally “inclination”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to slope, incline”). See also climate.