on-season

[ on-see-zuhn, awn- ]

adjective

1. being a time of year that is the busiest or most popular for a specific activity; in season:

   on-season airfares.

adverb

1. in or during the busiest season:

   to travel on-season.

noun

1. a time of year that is the busiest or most popular for a specific activity:

   We stayed at the resort in the on-season.

Word History and Origins

Origin of on-season¹

By analogy with off-season

Example Sentences

Swimming in the sea off Belgium is banned until the on-season, when lifeguards are patrolling.

From Reuters

David Howard, the owner of Howling Wine Tours in Healdsburg, says he’s received a fair number of bookings for wedding parties in the critical on-season of summer and fall, and that the winter has not been as slow for him as those in Guerneville.

From The Guardian

One of his goals for this year was to avoid that black and white, off-season/on-season mentality, and he made progress there.

From Washington Post

The on-season hasn’t been too shabby, either.

From The Guardian

Various photos and eye witness reports that have been posted by people on the Island reinforce these assessments in graphic detail—“Like it was hit by a bomb”  “Never seen anything like it” For most of my life I’ve heard about the damage done to the house by off-season storms and the on-season tenants.

From Salon