Home › Words › S › springfulspringfulspringful means pertaining to the season spring; springlike; vernal.EtymologyFrom spring + -ful.adjPertaining to the season spring; springlike; vernal.nounAs much as lasts or is produced in the spring.e.g.“A springful of larks in a rolling Cloud and the roadside bushes brimming with whistling Blackbirds and the sun of October.” — 1944, Dylan Thomas, Poem in October:As much as flows in a spring (of water).e.g.“The dipping of a spoon into a springful of water.” — 1977, Robert Peters, Gauguin's chair: selected poems, 1967-1974, page 29:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.summerful 72% match — Enough to fill or be produced by a summer. vs springful →springlike 66% match — Typical of spring (the season). vs springful →springly 63% match — Pertaining to or characteristic of spring; vernal. vs springful →autumnful 63% match — An amount that lasts through or is produced during one autumn season. vs springful →dayful 58% match — The amount (of something) that fills or is produced in a day. vs springful →springingly 58% match — In a springing manner; with springs or leaps. vs springful →forespring 57% match — The period preceding or leading up to spring. vs springful →riverful 57% match — as much as a river would hold. vs springful →