New Deal

noun

: the legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s

also : the period of this program

New Dealer noun

New Dealish

-ˈdē-lish 

adjective

New Dealism

-ˈdē-ˌli-zəm 

noun

Examples of New Deal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This open-air amphitheater was built in 1936 as a New Deal project of the City of Memphis and the Works Progress Administration. —Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025

Butz hated New Deal agricultural programs, which stabilized prices by paying farmers to limit the acreage under cultivation. —Stephen Mihm, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025

National progressives years ago championed the Green New Deal to reshape the economy and energy use in an attempt to deal with global climate change. —Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025

Continue your history lesson at the Oconee History Museum, where exhibits tell the stories of immigration, New Deal programs, textile mills, and agriculture in the area. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

from the supposed resemblance to the situation of freshness and equality of opportunity afforded by a fresh deal in a card game

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for New Deal

• abele
• alkyl
• anneal
• appeal
• cartwheel
• conceal
• congeal
• coquille
• corneal
• cornmeal
• flywheel
• foveal