honeymoon
Noun:
- A holiday or vacation taken by a newly married couple: This is the most common meaning, referring to a trip taken by a couple immediately after their wedding.
- An initial period of harmony or enthusiasm: This figurative meaning describes a peaceful, happy, and cooperative period at the beginning of a new relationship, business partnership, or political term.
Verb:
- To go on or spend a honeymoon: The action of taking a post-wedding holiday.
Noun (Post-wedding trip): They saved for years to afford a luxurious honeymoon in the Maldives.A weekend at a cozy bed and breakfast can be a perfect honeymoon.
Noun (Initial harmonious period): The new manager enjoyed a brief honeymoon period with the staff before conflicts arose.The president's political honeymoon lasted only a few months.
Verb: After the wedding, they will honeymoon in Italy for two weeks.Where did your parents honeymoon?
"Honeymoon period": This common phrase explicitly refers to the figurative sense of a temporary, initial stage of goodwill. The honeymoon period for the new software update ended when users discovered the bugs.
"Honeymoon is over": An idiom indicating that the initial pleasant or easy period has ended, and normal, often more difficult, conditions have returned. After the first major disagreement, they realized the honeymoon was over.
- Honeymooner (noun): A person who is on a honeymoon.
- Noun (Trip): Post-wedding trip, wedding trip.
- Noun (Period): Halcyon days, initial bliss, grace period.
- Second honeymoon: A vacation taken by a married couple later in their marriage to rekindle romance, reminiscent of their original honeymoon.
- the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political
- a holiday taken by a newly married couple
- spend a holiday after one's marriage
- they plan to honeymoon in Hawai'i