Synonyms of heydays

heydays

noun

plural of heyday

as in blooms

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blooms
• revivals
• springtimes
• primes
• salad days
• pinnacles
• autumns
• blossoms
• florescences
• flowers
• zeniths
• grandeurs
• flushes
• floruits
• flowerings
• high noons
• glories
• Indian summers
• splendors
• efflorescences
• summits
• recoveries
• peaks
• climaxes
• golden ages
• apexes
• meridians
• acmes
• silver ages
• comebacks
• belle epoques

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• declines
• decays
• bottoms
• downfalls
• nadirs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heydays

The club was in one of the patented franchise heydays, winning the Stanley Cup six times that decade. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Its headliners included Vanilla Ice, the Commodores, Bret Michaels of Poison, Flo Rida, Martina McBride, Milli Vanilli, and the C+C Music Factory—a handful of recognizable acts, albeit ones that had their respective heydays several decades ago. — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026

Some, like Hickory Hollow Mall in Antioch and RiverGate Mall in Goodlettsville, experienced long heydays before being sold and pitched as mixed-use redevelopment sites. — Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Dec. 2025

Its presence — from the carmaker’s marketing program to original owners’ memories — is a reminder of the lightweight vehicles’ heydays beginning in 1950. — James Raia, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025

In the cafés' heydays of the 1950s and 60s, Texas chef and cookbook author Helen Corbitt developed hundreds of recipes, many of which are beloved still today, even by people who've never been to one of the cafés. — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025

Taylor was there as Dragon spread its wings for two distinct heydays, performing in the band from 1974–1979, and again from 1982–1985. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019