prime of life
One's best years
The prime of life is the period when a person is at their peak—strongest, healthiest, most capable.
It typically spans the late twenties through middle age, though the exact boundaries vary by context.
Physical prime comes earlier than intellectual or professional prime.
She was struck down in the prime of life.
He's past his prime as an athlete but still in his prime as a coach.
Point straight overhead
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- acmeUltimate point of attainment
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
culmination · climax · high point · heyday · golden age · halcyon days · flower · blossom
Active physical strength
- energyPower to do work
- strengthPower to exert force
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
robustness · fitness · health · dynamism · zest · vivacity · verve · resilience
Practical knowledge from life
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- adulthoodState of being grown
sophistication · knowledge · established · responsibility · seasoning · understanding · confidence · competence
zenith
Point straight overhead
summit · culmination · climax · high point · heyday · golden age · halcyon days · flower · blossom · meridian
vigor
Active physical strength
stamina · robustness · fitness · health · dynamism · zest · vivacity · verve · resilience · endurance
experience
Practical knowledge from life
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- stabilityResistance to displacement
adulthood · sophistication · knowledge · established · responsibility · seasoning · understanding · confidence · competence · self-assurance
- age termsyoung, old, older, younger, youngest
- life stagesbaby, teenager, adult, childhood, adolescence
- lifespanlifetime, lifespan, infancy, lifecycle, childhood
- maturityadulthood, immature, come of age, ripe, unripe
- agesinfant, child, kid, teen, adult
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
prime of lifeold age
Advanced years of life
infancy · dotage · senescence · childhood · twilight years
prime of lifedecline
Decrease or refuse
decrepitude · dotage · decay · deterioration · infirmity
prime of lifeinfancy
Earliest period of life
early childhood · youth · adolescence · end of life · babyhood
life, prime, primary, primer, primed, primacy, primate, primeval, primo