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prime

prime

54 5.0
The time in life when a person is most active and successful
  • noun
  • /praɪm/
translation icon : plenitud
  • Many people consider their twenties to be the prime of their lives.
  • the prime of life
  • men in their prime
  • well past their prime

And this is Harris's prime, George Will points out.

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Examples

  • After all, he's a man in the prime of life, and you're a woman in the prime of life.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Hell, he was thirty-four years old, supposedly in the prime of his life.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • In order to feed us, something so young and in the prime of its life... has to die.

  • Now six years old, it was in the prime of its life.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I would have loved to fight you in your prime.

  • I never heard of half of these guys, and the ones I do know are way past their prime.

  • Well... you look like you're in your prime to me.

  • The victims were primarily working people in the prime of life, often the family breadwinners.

    Academic text (2002)
  • I think of it every day, probably because my only sibling died in his prime.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • And Floyd Mayweather, younger in his prime, just, you know, undefeated.

Synonyms

peak
vsprime
368 2.1

The highest point something reaches, like a mountain or an achievement

is about a life period of sustained highest activity rather than a point
flower
vsprime
  • Literature
104 5.4

Period when a person or thing is at its best

is similar but emphasizes growth and development rather than only vigor
heyday
vsprime
31 5.8

A time when someone or something is most successful

is about general success and vigor rather than social popularity
bloom
vsprime
16 3.2

A time when a person or thing is at its best

is about peak strength, energy, and broad success rather than beauty
at its peak
vsprime
15 3.3

Something is at its strongest, most successful, or most intense

refers to a lasting life period of top activity rather than a single point
finest hour
vsprime
11 4.6

A moment when a person has their greatest success in life or work

is about a life period of greatest success and vigor rather than one moment
blossom
vsprime
7 4.1

A time when something is most successful or active

is about being most successful, active, and vigorous rather than only productive
flush
vsprime
3 7.1

A period of time with much success or abundance

is about a life period of highest success, energy, and activity
prime of life
vsprime
3 4.2

Years when a person is strongest and most active

applies to both people and things rather than just people
efflorescence
vsprime
  • Literature
9.9

A time when something grows strongly and reaches its best stage

is the general life stage of greatest activity, success, or vigor

Antonyms

439 3.9

A gradual loss in amount, quality, or value

43 5.9

A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse

Idioms

No longer at its best or in good condition

Compounds

522 3.2

The head of a country's government who leads the cabinet and decides policy

216 2.3

The head of a country's government who leads it and makes key decisions

72 3.1

Evening time when most people watch television

prime number
  • Specialized
7 3.6

A whole number greater than 1 that you can divide only by 1 and itself

A very good place in a town where people want to live or work

Years when a person is strongest and most active

prime mover
  • Formal
1 9.9

A first being people think starts everything, often the God of some religions

prime factor
  • Specialized
1 4.9

A number greater than one that can only be divided by one and itself and divides another number exactly

prime interest rate
  • Specialized
1 4.2

The lowest interest rate banks charge to their best business customers

An imaginary line at zero degrees that runs through Greenwich, England and is used to measure east and west

prime quantity
  • Specialized
6.7

A whole number greater than 1 that can only be divided evenly by 1 and itself

How Vigorous

prime
54 5.0
youthfulness
3 3.8
middle age
10 2.2
old age
109 2.0

Surface Forms

prime singular
primes plural

Etymology

Prime comes from the Latin primus meaning 'first', and saying someone is in their prime means they are in their 'first' or strongest period of life. So the prime of life is the time when a person is most active or successful.