new century
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
- 2000Start of third millennium
- eraDistinct historical period
- dawnDay's first glow
- freshNewly made, not stale
beginning · modern · Y2K · January · countdown · fireworks · Times Square · ball drop · future · epoch · turning point · horizon · renewal · threshold · champagne · celebration · optimism · digital age
temporal recency
new centuryancient times
Long-ago historical era
antiquity · the old days · days of old · olden times · distant past
cultural connotation
new centuryold world
Evoking earlier times
ancien régime · the past · tradition · bygone era · yesterday