Word.ws English Dictionary

leaf peeper

Syllables: leaf peep·erUK/ˈliːf ˌpiːpə//ˈlif ˌpipɚ/

leaf peeper noun: a tree sightseer who enjoys observing the leaves change color in the autumn.

Noun

leaf peeper (plural leaf peepers)

  1. (US, slang) A tree sightseer who enjoys observing the leaves change color in the autumn.
    • Those "leaf peepers" (that's what you will be to locals) whose New England wanderings lead them through Amherst, Boston, Cambridge, [...]1984, Robert L. Sammons, Travel Holiday, volume 162, Floral Park, N.Y.: Travel Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 52
    • Actually, I'm a leaf peeper myself in May, and when the trail began its acute northwest ascent into the Berkshire foothills west of Greenfield, I found myself marveling at the thousands of pale shades of green and yellow and pink in the new May leaves that walled the roadside and formed a canopy...1995, William G. Tapply, chapter 9, in The Seventh Enemy: A Brady Coyne Book, New York, N.Y.: Otto Penzler Books, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Integrated Media...

Examples of leaf peeper in a sentence

  • Fall colors bring leaf peepers out of the woodwork, making it a challenge to find uncrowded roads.1995 September, “Technicolor Road Trips”, in Snow Country, volume 10, number 5, Trumbull, Conn.: NYT Sports/Leisure Magazines, →ISSN...
  • Perched on a peak amidst the leaf peeper’s paradise of Western North Carolina, Fire Mountain Inn is a secluded retreat with close ties to the land.2007 October, “Best Places to Catch Fall Color”, in Rebecca Burns, editor, Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga.: Emmis Publishing, →ISSN, page 244, column...
  • [T]hey found the ski lifts were operating, taking leaf peepers up to the summit to view the beautiful fall foliage.2014, Christyne Butler, chapter 5, in The Last-chance Maverick (Harlequin Special Edition), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page...

Forms of leaf peeper

pluralleaf peepers
alternative formleaf-peeper

Words that rhyme with leaf peeper

Questions about leaf peeper

What does leaf peeper mean?
Leaf peeper means a tree sightseer who enjoys observing the leaves change color in the autumn.
How do you use leaf peeper in a sentence?
Fall colors bring leaf peepers out of the woodwork, making it a challenge to find uncrowded roads.
What part of speech is leaf peeper?
Leaf peeper is a noun.
How do you pronounce leaf peeper?
Leaf peeper is pronounced /ˈliːf ˌpiːpə/ (UK).
What is the plural of leaf peeper?
The plural of leaf peeper is leaf peepers.

Words near leaf peeper in the dictionary

  1. leaf node
  2. leaf nodes
  3. leaf notcher
  4. leaf notchers
  5. leaf out
  6. leaf peeper
  7. leaf peepers
  8. leaf peeping
  9. leaf protein
  10. leaf protein concentrate
  11. leaf protein concentrates

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: leaf peeper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-leaf peeper.mp3, En-au-leaf peeper.ogg.

Cite this entry: “leaf peeper.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/leaf_peeper. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.