new chapter
Life's turning page
A new chapter is a fresh phase or period in someone's life, marked by significant change: After the divorce, she was ready to start a new chapter.
The metaphor draws from books—life as a narrative with distinct sections.
Often appears with verbs like start, begin, or open: Moving to Berlin opened a new chapter for us.
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
- beginningInitial stage of something
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
- turning the pageStarting anew after difficulty
- blank pageSheet without marks
opportunity · rebirth · transition · starting over · clean break · novel · book · opening · storyline · restart · dawn · milestone · change · sequel · horizon · open road · threshold · doorway
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
- fresh startfresh start, clean slate, starting over, do-over, restart
- reinventionfresh start, starting over, clean slate, second chance, comeback
- newfresh, recent, current, modern, latest
- changechange, flux, transformation, metamorphosis, alteration
- New Year's resolutionsI pledge, fresh start, clean slate, starting over, from now on
new chaptersame old story
Oft-repeated familiar situation
continuation · status quo · business as usual · old routine · repetition
new chapterfinal chapter
Last section of book
ending · conclusion · the end · closing chapter · epilogue
new chapterstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
dead end · going nowhere · stuck in a rut · treading water · spinning wheels
new, chapter, newer, newest, newly, newness, renew, renewal, renewable