golden age

noun

: a period of great happiness, prosperity, and achievement

Synonyms

• belle epoque
• belle époque
• renaissance

Example Sentences

the golden age of art

a golden age for our country

Recent Examples on the Web

During marquetry’s golden age, in the 16th and 17th centuries, the technique was used as a decorative element for furniture. —Yusra Farzan, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2022

The next iteration of on-campus radio was KUOA, an AM station that formed during the golden age of radio for the U.S. at the beginning of the 1920s, and lasted for roughly a decade. —April Wallace, Arkansas Online, 22 Dec. 2022

Debut feature of Horna Sosa which follows six wrestlers during the golden age of wrestling in Panama which spans the sixties through the eighties. —Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022

Nearby, cruise ships drop off passengers to explore the shore from which Blackbeard and Anne Bonny launched raids during the golden age of piracy. —Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2022

Walton entered the workforce during what was arguably the golden age of Instagram, a less professionalized era of social media when connecting with others, rather than hawking one’s lifestyle, felt more like the point. —Eliza Brooke, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Dec. 2022

The whole premise is the golden age of air travel (not to Disney with screaming children), with drinks from around the world, straight out of a Jacqueline Susann novel, or James Bond. —Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022

There is a tale from the golden age of Hollywood that illustrates Del Oro’s spirit. —Callum Mclennan, Variety, 28 Nov. 2022

Drawing on elements like big band, bossa nova, and film scores from the golden age of Hollywood, the album is a lush and lofty epic that spins fictional vintage narratives into song. —Time, 20 Nov. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above