Roaring Twenties

proper noun

The 1920s, referring to the rapid economic expansion and modernization of the period.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Roaring Twenties pl (plural only)

alternative Roaring '20s

  1. pluralplural onlyThe 1920s, referring to the rapid economic expansion and modernization of the period.

    The economic boom and the “speculative orgy” that pervaded the Roaring Twenties faded abruptly during late October 1929 with the stock market crash (sometimes called the “Great Crash”) that precipitated the rise of The Great Depression.

    2012, Armando Navarro, Global Capitalist Crisis and the Second Great Depression, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 13

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
1920s

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Roaring Twenties

twenties
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Cite this entry
APA

Roaring Twenties. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roaring%20Twenties

MLA

“Roaring Twenties.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roaring%20Twenties. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Roaring Twenties,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roaring%20Twenties.

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