English noun: Renaissance | |||
1. | Renaissance (time) the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries | ||
Synonyms | Renascence | ||
Instance hypernym | age, historic period | ||
Part holonym | High Renaissance, Italian Renaissance, quattrocento | ||
Part meronym | history | ||
2. | Renaissance (act) the revival of learning and culture | ||
Synonyms | rebirth, Renascence | ||
Broader (hypernym) | resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification | ||