Synonyms of salad days

salad days

plural noun

as in bloom

a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement

he worked for NASA in its salad days

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bloom
• blooming
• prime
• flower
• blossom
• revival
• heyday
• springtime
• flush
• florescence
• pinnacle
• high noon
• flowering
• autumn
• floruit
• golden age
• summit
• Indian summer
• zenith
• peak
• efflorescence
• apex
• silver age
• meridian
• climax
• blossoming
• grandeur
• recovery
• belle epoque
• glory
• acme
• splendor
• comeback

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decline
• decay
• downfall
• bottom
• nadir
• wilting
• shriveling
• withering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of salad days

But, despite a record-setting $250 million deal with WarnerMedia in 2019, the 2020s were not salad days. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026

Deadline’s Oscar live blog goes back to the salad days of late founder Nikki Finke, who filled it with snark and salty humor. — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026

Against a Rockets team featuring his old pal Kevin Durant, against an organization that anyone who went through the salad days truly, deeply loathes, Green dialed up the intensity and put on a defensive masterclass. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026

Yet another old friend, Santos was once a hard-throwing prospect back in the salad days of 2021. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026

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