pre-war
Prior to hostilities
Pre-war means belonging to the period before a war, especially before World War I or World War II.
A pre-war apartment in New York typically means one built before 1939, prized for high ceilings and solid construction.
Pre-war Europe evokes a world about to be transformed by conflict.
Of early twentieth-century Britain
- WeimarThuringian city, cultural landmark
- Roaring TwentiesProsperous 1920s era
- Great Depression1930s global economic crisis
- Jazz Age1920s American cultural heyday
prohibition · flappers · suffrage · League of Nations · Versailles Treaty · armistice · appeasement · isolationism
Of early twentieth-century Britain
- VictorianOf a prim era
- Beaux-ArtsClassical French architectural tradition
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
Craftsman · brownstone · tenement · rowhouse · Queen Anne · Palladian · cornice · molding
Organizing for action
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- rearmamentRebuilding military capacity
- militarismPro-force national policy
- buildupGradual accumulation over time
fortification · alliance · entente · dreadnought · cavalry · infantry · artillery · trench
Of earlier times
- halcyonPeacefully prosperous era
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- yesteryearTime not long past
- sepiaReddish-brown pigment
memories · reminisce · wistful · sentimental · elegance · grandeur · craftsmanship · gentility
Disc-playing sound machine
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
- silent filmSoundless motion picture
Model T · radio broadcast · Zeppelin · biplane · suffragette · Harlem Renaissance · jazz · phonograph
Edwardian
Of early twentieth-century Britain
- WeimarThuringian city, cultural landmark
- Roaring TwentiesProsperous 1920s era
- Great Depression1930s global economic crisis
Jazz Age · prohibition · flappers · suffrage · League of Nations · Versailles Treaty · armistice · appeasement · isolationism · fascism
Edwardian
Of early twentieth-century Britain
- VictorianOf a prim era
- Beaux-ArtsClassical French architectural tradition
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
Tudor · Craftsman · brownstone · tenement · rowhouse · Queen Anne · Palladian · cornice · molding · plasterwork
mobilization
Organizing for action
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- rearmamentRebuilding military capacity
- militarismPro-force national policy
buildup · fortification · alliance · entente · dreadnought · cavalry · infantry · artillery · trench · munitions
bygone
Of earlier times
- halcyonPeacefully prosperous era
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- yesteryearTime not long past
sepia · memories · reminisce · wistful · sentimental · elegance · grandeur · craftsmanship · gentility · old-world
gramophone
Disc-playing sound machine
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
silent film · Model T · radio broadcast · Zeppelin · biplane · suffragette · Harlem Renaissance · jazz · phonograph · parlor
- walk-upsbrownstone, tenement, cold-water flat, stairwell, staircase
- listing lingofixer-upper, handyman special, starter home, move-in ready, priced to sell
- vinyl recordsvinyl, vinyl records, LP, record, album cover
pre-warpost-war
After military conflict ends
postwar · postbellum · post-conflict · wartime · reconstruction era
pre-warwartime
Period of armed conflict
war-torn · at war · in conflict · belligerent · post-war