MILLENNIUM Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

millennium

noun

Definition of millennium next

as in renaissance

a period of happiness and prosperity It is hoped that the new tax plan will bring about a thriving millennium.

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Dissimilar Words

dark age

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of millennium Our very own Karissa Waddick talked to Ricker about the time capsule and how all 50 states will contribute to it, where it will be placed and how it'll be constructed to keep its contents safe for a quarter-millennium. —

Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026 This was the raging debate stretching across all the colonies a quarter of a millennium ago. —

Michael Golden, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026 About half its population is part of Italy’s Ladin minority, which settled the mountain hamlet of Anpezo a millennium ago. —

ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026 Ultimately, this wasn’t an ordinary footprint, but direct evidence that humans were present along the Angus coastline during the late Iron Age, preserving both a physical imprint and an ecological snapshot of the land from two millennia ago. —

Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for millennium

Recent Examples of Synonyms for millennium

Noun

The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor to begin construction – the first such approval for a US reactor in a decade.

— David Szondy March 08, New Atlas, 8 Mar. 2026
Farther along in Tulsa, Route 66’s renaissance is in full swing.

— Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026