HEYDAY Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

heyday

noun

ˈhā-ˌdā

Definition of heyday

as in bloom

a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement in its heyday, the circus was a major form of entertainment for small-town America

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Recent Examples of heyday The fashion environment has altered dramatically from that of Brock Collection’s heyday. — Laura Neilson, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2026 Guests Adriana Lima, Honey Dijon, Soo Joo Park and Cindy Bruna were also dressed in vintage Donna Karan, appearing in an assortment of slip dresses, column silhouettes and other pieces from the brand’s heyday. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026 Walking into a familiar brand today can feel nothing like a visit during its original heyday. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026 Even in its 1990s heyday, though, Miramax was never a brand built on box-office juggernauts. — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heyday

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Noun

Choose shrubs for autumn color, berries, or blooms that fit your growing zone.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2026
Waters are becoming cloudier overall, while harmful algal blooms — measured through chlorophyll a levels — are trending in the wrong direction, the report found.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of bloom

Noun

The narrower the strip, the more one can say about how the primes are distributed.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026
Caught between Carla, a past-her-prime actress, and Morgan, a billionaire social media entrepreneur, Gabriel finds himself in the crossfire, used as an asset to negotiate between them.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of prime

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With the news that Girls is returning to HBO for a five-episode revival series, Glee is the second touchstone show from the 2010s to announce a revival in as many weeks.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026
Thanks to social media, the market is witnessing an unprecedented revival.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of revival

Noun

This is followed by pilot projects, which, if successful, would then be scaled up across entire departments, until finally the company reaches the pinnacle of maturity with entire ways of working reimagined for an AI-ready future.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
This being a pinnacle, if invitation-only, event of the country music calendar, star power was ever present.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026

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