heyday
/ˈheɪdeɪ/
heyday noun: a period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
Noun
heyday (plural heydays)
- A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
- The early twentieth century was the heyday of the steam locomotive.
- Must your hot ytch and plurisie of lust, The heyday of your luxury, be fedd Up to a surfeite, and could none but I Be pickt out to be cloake to your close tricks, Your belly-sports?c. 1626 or 1629–1633 (first performance), [John Ford], ’Tis Pitty Shee’s a Whore […], London: […] Nicholas Okes for Richard Collins, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act IV
- An exultation of the spirits; gaiety; frolic.
Interjection
- A lively greeting.
- "Heyday, Miss Morland!" said he. "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together."1798, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
- Synonyms:
- hello
- An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.
- "Come follow me, my wags, and say, as I say. There's no riches but in rags; hey day, hey day, &c."1600, Ben Jonson - Cynthia's Revels
- Bass. Heydey! good words, good words, I must beleeue'em And be a Coxcombe for my labor.1633, John Ford, The Broken Heart, act IV, scene i, page 252
- Synonyms:
- wow
heyday meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
heyday in Tamil
- செழுமை, மலர்ச்சி, மலர்ச்சிகாலம்
heyday in Urdu
- بہار, جوبن, خوشحالی
heyday in Bengali
- পূর্ণ যৌবন, চরম উন্নতির সময়, স্বর্ণযুগ
heyday in Malayalam
- പ്രതാപകാലം, ആഹ്ലാദാതിരേകം, ഉത്സാഹം, യൗവനം
More languagesFewer languages
- heyday in Kannada
- ಉನ್ನತಿಯ ಕಾಲ, ಉಚ್ಛ್ರಾಯ ಕಾಲ, ಉತ್ಕರ್ಷ ಯುಗ, ಏಳಿಗೆಯ ಹೊತ್ತು
Examples of heyday in a sentence
- Masters who would visit Hong Kong during its manufacturing heyday in the 1970s and 80s also shared their techniques and trained apprentices.2025 July 27, Kathleen Magramo, “The game is almost over for one of Hong Kong’s last mahjong carvers”, in CNN:
- There has been a marked shift in viewing habits since the channels’ heyday, with music videos now more commonly consumed on YouTube and social media rather than television.2026 January 1, Max Pilley, “MTV shuts down final music-only channels with ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’”, in NME:
Synonyms of heyday
Forms of heyday
| plural | heydays |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hay day |
| alternative form | hayday |
Origin of heyday
Late 16th century, from earlier heyda (1520s), as exclamation; compare hey, hei and Swedish hej då. Sense “period of success, vigor” is a reanalysis as heyday based on unrelated day (as “period of time”) – compare day in the sun.
Words that rhyme with heyday
Questions about heyday
- What does heyday mean?
- Heyday means a period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
- What is heyday in Tamil?
- Heyday in Tamil is செழுமை, மலர்ச்சி, மலர்ச்சிகாலம். See Heyday meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use heyday in a sentence?
- Masters who would visit Hong Kong during its manufacturing heyday in the 1970s and 80s also shared their techniques and trained apprentices.
- What part of speech is heyday?
- Heyday can be a noun or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce heyday?
- Heyday is pronounced /ˈheɪdeɪ/.
- What is the plural of heyday?
- The plural of heyday is heydays.
Words near heyday in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: heyday (page history and authors); heyday (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heyday (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Heyday (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heyday (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heyday (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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