Synonyms of belle epoque

belle epoque

noun

ˈbel-ā-ˈpȯk 

variants or belle époque

as in renaissance

a period of high artistic or cultural development

that 19th-century belle epoque when Paris seemed to be the artistic center of the universe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• renaissance
• golden age
• millennium
• zenith
• silver age
• pinnacle
• glory
• prime
• salad days
• flower
• heyday
• summit
• peak
• meridian
• blossom
• apex
• bloom
• climax
• flush
• acme

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dark age

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of belle epoque

By that time, the luxury property in Antibes, France—once a belle epoque mansion belonging to French newspaper owner Hippolyte de Villemessant—had already been in operation for 57 years. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 21 May 2026

The next day, they were married at General Prim, a historic belle epoque mansion in Colonia Juarez, in front of 165 family members and friends. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 12 July 2024

The hotel opened in June in a belle epoque mansion by the Charente River and is part of the Almae Collection of hotels as well as a member of the hotel network Relais & Chateaux. — Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023

His death, from pneumonia and a pulmonary abscess, was perhaps the final nail in the coffin of the belle epoque, an age of gentility, civility and artistic achievement that had mostly ended with the outbreak of World War I. — Charles Arrowsmith, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022

The opulent luxury of first class that now feels rather like a belle epoque for aviation is being replaced by a more understated desire, Kopola explains. — John Walton, CNN, 4 Oct. 2021

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