Defenition of the word halcyon

• Defenition of the word halcyon

  • marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade"
  • joyful and carefree; "halcyon days of youth"
  • idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity; "a halcyon atmosphere"
  • a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
  • a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
  • (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
  • marked by peace and prosperity
  • idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity

Synonyms for the word halcyon

• • golden
  • prosperous

Similar words in the halcyon

• • happy
  • peaceful

Meronymys for the word halcyon

• • Alcedinidae
  • family Alcedinidae

Hypernyms for the word halcyon

• • bird genus
  • mythical being

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