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 The growing demands of AI are also helping fuel a mining renaissance in America, to supply the critical minerals needed in AI data centers, for batteries and grid technology, and more. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 The project continues a massive musical renaissance Duff has experienced over the past year. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2026 Acting was his guiding passion, but his deep love for the avant-garde helped till the ground for the city’s theatrical renaissance that the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival catalyzed. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 From ‘middle ages’ to ‘renaissance’ Regulation is far from the only barrier to greater AI uptake in Europe. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for renaissance

Recent Examples of Synonyms for renaissance

Noun

India’s ambassador to Indonesia, Sandeep Chakravorty, said the Ramayana and the Mahabharata had been part of Indonesian temple culture, wayang (traditional puppet theater) and the popular imagination for over a millennium.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
The result, in both its grace notes and its gestalt, freakishly summons the placeless, timeless, sunless anti-aesthetics of a turn-of-the-millennium strip-mall buffet.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of millennium

Noun

However, anyone looking for ways to get temple architecture into images of an eclipse at zenith should look no further than these two large stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Although reggaeton originated in the streets, the genre hit its zenith in the mainstream this year, thanks to Bad Bunny’s historic Super Bowl halftime show and Karol G’s headlining set at Coachella.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of zenith

Noun

This is followed by pilot projects, which, if successful, would then be scaled up across entire departments, until finally the company reaches the pinnacle of maturity with entire ways of working reimagined for an AI-ready future.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
This being a pinnacle, if invitation-only, event of the country music calendar, star power was ever present.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026