golden age

noun

: a period of great happiness, prosperity, and achievement

Synonyms of golden age

• renaissance

Examples of golden age in a Sentence

the golden age of art

a golden age for our country

Recent Examples on the Web

In this golden age of cringe, that earlier art of transgression—with its tense silences, humiliations, and hostile disturbance of the performer-audience relationship—was channeled downstream. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Nearly every single recipe from the Fizz’s golden age takes pains to specify that it should be made very cold, served without ice, and consumed immediately after delivery, an instruction that may seem pedantic but is nonetheless ubiquitous. — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026

The golden age of detective fiction is generally considered to have been in the 1920s and ’30s. — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

An increase that large would roughly double the sustainable economic growth rate worldwide, ushering in a golden age of prosperity at astonishing speed. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for golden age

• disengage
• interstage
• macrophage
• multistage
• alienage
• assuage
• backstage
• bocage
• downstage
• engage
• enrage
• leafage