palmy
adjective
ˈpä-mē 
ˈpäl-,
ˈpȯ-,
ˈpȯl- palmier; palmiest
1
: marked by prosperity : flourishing
the palmy days of the British drama
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde2
: abounding in or bearing palms
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The palm branch has traditionally been used as a symbol of victory. It is no wonder then that the word palm came to mean "victory" or "triumph" in the late 14th century, thanks to the likes of Geoffrey Chaucer. Centuries later, William Shakespeare would employ palmy as a synonym for triumphant or flourishing in the tragedy Hamlet when the character Horatio speaks of the "palmy state of Rome / A little ere the mightiest Julius fell."
Synonyms
- flourishing
- going
- prosperous
- successful
- thriving
- triumphant
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Example Sentences
they knew her in her palmy days when she was living high a palmy suburb with lots of new homes and shopping malls
Recent Examples on the Web Remember those palmy days when conservative conspiracy theorists outside elective politics spread the word that Democrats wanted to molest your children? Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 13 May 2022
Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 13 May 2022 Word History
First Known Use
1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1
palmy
adjective
1
as in successful
having attained a desired end or state of good fortune they knew her in her palmy days when she was living high Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- successful
- prosperous
- thriving
- triumphant
- flourishing
- in clover
- promising
- going
- growing
- in the clover
- boffo
- booming
- roaring
- coming
- gangbuster
- gangbusters
- robust
- socko
- runaway
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- unsuccessful
- inauspicious
- unpromising
- hopeless
- futureless
- failed
- failing
- waning
- bankrupt
- collapsing
- folding
- slipping
- flopping
- declining
- slumping
- no-good
- destroyed
- wrecked
- kaput
- ruined
- flunking
- kaputt
- washing-out
- kerflooey
2
as in thriving
marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically a palmy suburb with lots of new homes and shopping malls Synonyms & Similar Words
- thriving
- golden
- prospering
- prosperous
- halcyon
- booming
- successful
- wealthy
- flourishing
- roaring
- lush
- healthy
- affluent
- boomy
- moneyed
- opulent
- rich
- substantial
- well-to-do
- monied
- well-heeled
- well-off
- comfortable
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- unsuccessful
- unprosperous
- depressed
- dying
- failing
- languishing
- bankrupt
- struggling
- declining
- insolvent
- floundering
- bankrupted