A facile method for the synthesis of high-molecular-weight aromatic polyethers was developed with the use of cesium fluoride as a base. The high-temperature solution polycondensation between bisphenols and activated aromatic dihalides with cesium fluoride in polar aprotic solvents readily afforded a series of aromatic polyethers having inherent viscosities of 0.5-1.0 dL/g under essentially neutral and milder reaction conditions, compared with the conventinal method using alkali hydroxides or alkali carbonates.