salad days

salad days

noun plural

Definition of SALAD DAYS

a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement <he worked for NASA in its salad days>

Synonyms blossom, florescence, floruit, flower, flush, heyday, high noon, prime, salad days, springtime

Related Words autumn, Indian summer; blooming, blossoming, efflorescence, flowering; acme, apex, climax, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith; glory, grandeur, splendor; belle epoque (or belle {eacute}poque), golden age, silver age; comeback, recovery, revivial

Near Antonyms decay, decline, downfall; bottom, nadir; shriveling (or shrivelling), wilting, withering