Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun monsoon

3 senses of monsoon

Sense 1
monsoon -- (a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter)
       => wind, air current, current of air -- (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere")

Sense 2
monsoon -- (rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains)
       => rainy season -- (one of the two seasons in tropical climates)

Sense 3
monsoon -- (any wind that changes direction with the seasons)
       => wind, air current, current of air -- (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere")
       => rain, rainfall -- (water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere)