RENAISSANCE Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

renaissance

noun

ˈre-nə-ˌsän(t)s

Definition of renaissance

as in millennium

a period of high artistic or cultural development the 19th-century literary renaissance that prompted people to refer to Boston as the Athens of America

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

dark age

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of renaissance Winkler’s role in Scream was the beginning of a new renaissance in his career. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 Some Springfield residents saw the arrival of Haitian nationals as a driving force behind the city’s economic renaissance. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 That gap between an impressive construction record and a still-unconfirmed operational milestone is, in miniature, the story of the entire global nuclear renaissance. — Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026 The magnificence of the AI renaissance has blinded our society to its pernicious creep into the arts. — David Barber, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for renaissance

Recent Examples of Synonyms for renaissance

Noun

Approximately 65% of plastic gets used for less than a month, yet will take anywhere from a century to a millennium to biodegrade, while approximately 80% of plastic lies in landfills or open spaces.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2026
Socrates used it in Plato’s Phaedrus, more than two millennia before Claude, Perplexity, or the AI-detection tool Pangram existed, to describe writing itself.

— Aris Alexander, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of millennium

Noun

Windstar passengers can tour the ancient castle at the hilly town’s zenith, lounge on one of the sandy beaches, or visit an olive grove, where extra-virgin olive oil is produced using traditional methods.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
If you were forced to pick the moment the Los Angeles romance with itself reached a zenith — and before things all went so wrong — the sunny morning of April 25, 2017, might be a good choice.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of zenith

Noun

The performances made history as the biggest ever open-air concerts in the UK (the crowd numbered 125,000 both days) and are often cited as representing the pinnacle of the Britpop era.

— Devinder Bains, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
The line, which belongs to the near-unanimous greatest player of all time and is still widely considered to be the pinnacle of signature athletic footwear, has fallen out of favor with hoopers, and the data backs it up.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026