prewar
Prior to fighting
Prewar describes the period before a war, especially before World War I or World War II: prewar architecture, prewar prices, the prewar economy.
The word usually appears as an adjective modifying nouns, evoking a time before conflict disrupted normal life.
Context determines which war is meant.
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- Beaux-ArtsClassical French architectural tradition
- CraftsmanSears-owned tool line
Tudor · Italianate · brownstone · tenement · rowhouse · apartment · facade · molding
Persistent apprehensive distress
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
foreboding · ominous · crisis · brinkmanship · provocation · saber-rattling · instability · polarization
Organizing for action
- armamentCollective military weapons
- allianceFormal union of parties
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- ultimatumNon-negotiable final terms
neutrality · pacifism · propaganda · conscription · annexation · entente · fortification · militarization
Of earlier times
- halcyonPeacefully prosperous era
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- simplicityLack of complexity
elegance · gentility · glamour · opulence · prosperity · optimism · sophistication · grandeur
Quality from past eras
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- classicOf lasting excellence
- restorationReturning something to condition
patina · authenticity · provenance · curio · relic · artifact · treasure · conservation
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- Beaux-ArtsClassical French architectural tradition
Craftsman · Tudor · Italianate · brownstone · tenement · rowhouse · apartment · facade · molding · plasterwork
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
dread · foreboding · ominous · crisis · brinkmanship · provocation · saber-rattling · instability · polarization · bellicose
mobilization
Organizing for action
- armamentCollective military weapons
- allianceFormal union of parties
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
ultimatum · neutrality · pacifism · propaganda · conscription · annexation · entente · fortification · militarization · appeasement
bygone
Of earlier times
- halcyonPeacefully prosperous era
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
simplicity · elegance · gentility · glamour · opulence · prosperity · optimism · sophistication · grandeur · refinement
vintage
Quality from past eras
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- classicOf lasting excellence
restoration · patina · authenticity · provenance · curio · relic · artifact · treasure · conservation · appraisal
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- history termsempire, dynasty, colonialism, Renaissance, Enlightenment
- apartmentsapartment, studio, flat, triplex, loft
- erasera, epoch, age, bronze age, period
- walk-upsbrownstone, tenement, cold-water flat, stairwell, staircase
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, US Constitution
prewarpostwar
After hostilities end
post-war · postbellum · wartime · post-conflict · postconflict
prewarwartime
Period of armed conflict
in conflict · at war · belligerent · hostilities · postwar