heyday
heyday is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder. B. Jonson.
- 2.The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness; wildness. The heyday in the blood is tame. Shak. In the heyday of their victories. J. H. Newman.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- age
- and
- babyhood
- beardless
- bloom
- boyhood
- budding
- callow
- childhood
- cradle
- flower
- generation
- girlhood
- glad
- golden
- green
- helm
- infancy
- junior
- juniority
- juvenescence
- juvenile
- juvenility
- leading
- life
- minority
- nonage
- nursery
- pleasure
- prime
- prow
- puberty
- pucelage
- puisne
- pupilage
- rising
- sappy
- school
- season
- seedtime
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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