golden age

1. 1.

   a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak

   “it was the golden age of cinema”

   Broaderflower
2. 2.

   any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness

   Broaderhistoric period
3. 3.

   (classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence; by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period

   Broadertime period

   classical mythology

Questions about golden age

What does golden age mean?

golden age means "a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is golden age a common word?

golden age is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.