RENAISSANCES Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

renaissances

noun

plural of renaissance

as in millennia

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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dark ages

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Recent Examples of renaissances The pair experienced career renaissances with the success of their sitcom Schitt's Creek, which ran from 2015 to 2020. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for renaissances

Noun

These properties have enabled the likes of the Pantheon, ancient Roman aqueducts, and even parts of the Colosseum to survive two millennia, while some Brutalist buildings from the 1960s that were made from modern concrete are crumbling.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
The tale has been continuously retold, translated and adapted into various formats over nearly three millennia.

— Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 8 July 2026

Definition of millennia

Noun

The Ed Sullivan Theater, which first opened in 1927, is a 13-story shadow box preserving bits from a rich history of pop culture pinnacles past.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 2 July 2026
The human hand is one of three pinnacles of hominid evolution, along with the brain and the voice box.

— Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of pinnacles

Noun

That said, there is nothing inherently bad about looking to past glories or tradition to inform a new design.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 July 2026
But above all, this page-turner by one of today’s great nonfiction writers is alert to the glories and terrors of daily inner life.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 8 July 2026