golden
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈɡoʊldən/
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dorado
- A girl could not be a star without a halo of golden hair.
- golden yellow
- golden light
- golden glow
Gold, belly of the beast, golden wheat air.
- Gold, belly of the beast, golden wheat air.
Examples
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Oh, I can see her now, with the golden rays of the setting sun lighting up her sweet old face.
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I mean like look how golden that is.
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Maybe just a little bit too golden for me, but not bad.
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I just wanted a little bit of like a golden base to my skin.
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The grass around them had turned golden in the late summer sun.
Academic text (1990) -
So overall you get a light golden champagne look.
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The light at the end of the tunnel has expanded into a golden sunrise.
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The lobby has the same golden ambiance as when we first saw it.
Fiction book (1991) -
In October, the rice fields are golden; the grains are fat, heavy, and ready to be harvested.
Academic text (2006) -
The sunset painted the sky in a beautiful golden hue as day turned to night.
Synonyms
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3.2
A warm brown color that has a golden shine
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3.2
A deep yellow-brown color like honey
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2.8
A color that is yellowish brown like honey
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2.4
To have a shiny yellow color like gold
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5.7
Has a deep warm gold color
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6.9
Having a shiny brown or gold color like an old coin
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3.8
Having a light gold color or shine
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2.0
A brownish yellow color like dry autumn leaves
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3.3
A warm yellow color like gold
Having a deep golden color like real gold
Having a deep golden color like gold
Having a golden color or made of gold
Made from a soft yellow metal or showing that yellow color
Having a brownish-gold metal color
A dark yellow color with a little brown tone
A bright yellow color with a golden tone like sunlight
Having a warm golden yellow color like sunlight
A color between brown and yellow
A medium to dark brown with a little yellow in it
Antonyms
Idioms
To destroy a steady source of income by greedy short-term choices
- Informal
Not speaking is often better than saying things you do not need to say
Compounds
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A large bright red suspension bridge in San Francisco that crosses the entrance to the bay
- Literature
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3.3
A professional NBA basketball team from California called the Warriors
- Specialized
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6.8
A large payment to a top manager when they leave after a takeover
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3.7
A large bird of prey with a golden-brown head and neck that lives in northern mountains
- Specialized
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7.5
A special way to divide a line or shape so the parts follow a fixed proportion often used in art
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5.5
Money that a company pays an employee when they leave, often to encourage early retirement
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7.4
A small tree with hanging clusters of yellow flowers often used in gardens and for Easter decorations
The 50th anniversary of a marriage, celebrated as a major milestone
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3.9
A period of public holidays in Japan in late April and early May when many people travel
- Specialized
A small evergreen shrub like the golden chinkapin that grows on mountain slopes in California
- South African
A wild dog-like animal from northern Africa related to jackals and wolves
- Specialized
A small low plant with short leafy stems and small round yellow orange flowers
A wildflower that lives for many years and makes bright yellow, daisy-like flowers
A large round cactus with golden spines and pale yellow flowers often grown in gardens
A small evergreen tree of the Pacific Coast with shiny yellow-green leaves and edible nuts
A climbing plant from China with toothed leaves and large yellow flowers used in gardens
An annual plant with yellow flowers that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico
- Specialized
Very small living things in water that look golden because of their colored parts
A rough grey-green plant with yellow flowers that lives for one year in the US southwest and Mexico
- US
A plant from Mexico with bright yellow cup-shaped flowers and blue-grey divided leaves
A plant that lives for many years with bright yellow flowers that attract bees and butterflies
A Mongol army that invaded and ruled parts of eastern Europe and Russia in the 1200s and 1300s
- Australian
A small Australian plant with bright yellow flowers used as dried decoration
A plant from northern California with groups of bright yellow egg-shaped flowers
- Specialized
A small fern with bright yellow-green leaves that grows close to the ground
A small yellowish animal from West African forests that is active at night and eats insects and fruit
How Golden
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Golden comes from the old word gold, the shiny yellow metal, so it also means the deep yellow color of gold, which is why we call a warm sunset 'golden'.