HEYDAYS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

heydays

noun

plural of heyday

as in blooms

a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement in its heyday, the circus was a major form of entertainment for small-town America

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Recent Examples of heydays The club was in one of the patented franchise heydays, winning the Stanley Cup six times that decade. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 24 July 2026 Its headliners included Vanilla Ice, the Commodores, Bret Michaels of Poison, Flo Rida, Martina McBride, Milli Vanilli, and the C+C Music Factory—a handful of recognizable acts, albeit ones that had their respective heydays several decades ago. — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026 Some, like Hickory Hollow Mall in Antioch and RiverGate Mall in Goodlettsville, experienced long heydays before being sold and pitched as mixed-use redevelopment sites. — Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Dec. 2025 Its presence — from the carmaker’s marketing program to original owners’ memories — is a reminder of the lightweight vehicles’ heydays beginning in 1950. — James Raia, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025 In the cafés' heydays of the 1950s and 60s, Texas chef and cookbook author Helen Corbitt developed hundreds of recipes, many of which are beloved still today, even by people who've never been to one of the cafés. — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025 Taylor was there as Dragon spread its wings for two distinct heydays, performing in the band from 1974–1979, and again from 1982–1985. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

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Noun

Lavender Lavender is a popular garden perennial for its pleasantly calming fragrance and profuse purple blooms.

— Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
The marsh was built in the 1990s to naturally clean dry-weather urban runoff from San Diego Creek and address the algae blooms that once existed in Upper Newport Bay, according to the water district’s website.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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And when the Stray Cats and the Blasters brought their rockabilly revivals to the mainstream in the Eighties, the Cramps were just too weird and nasty for primetime.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
And in the nineteenth century, religious revivals, the labor movement, African American communities, and other popular movements organized circles that fused reading with collective action.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

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