Roaring Twenties

NOUN

the 1920s era

Synonyms

WEAK

Age of the Red-Hot Mamas Flapper Era Golden Twenties Jazz Age Mad Decade

Example Sentences

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He made a fortune speculating in stocks in the Roaring Twenties and then enlarged it during the Depression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"From valets to duchesses, from three-piece suits to the Roaring Twenties, there is something for every taste," it boasts on its website.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

“The glamour of the Roaring Twenties is something I really want to capture,” Gareth Banner, Ned’s managing director, said in a Washington Post feature on the DC property.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025

"The Roaring Twenties saw major advances in science and technology. But the decade also brought the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression."

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

This was the Roaring Twenties, a time of great affluence and extravagance among wealthy Whites.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson