golden
- adjective
- /ˈɡoʊldən/
- We are living in a golden age, Jem.
- a golden opportunity
- the golden rule
- a golden age
And he had just, he was kind of like this Golden Boy in Sweden.
- And he had just, he was kind of like this Golden Boy in Sweden.
- It can leave a guilt that dogs the golden child for a lifetime.
- All right, you guys, I feel so golden and gorgeous and glowy.
- The scapegoat, the golden child, the invisible child.
- There is the golden goody boy prep.
- So I think you reach for the golden ring when you can still see it.
Examples
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Receiving the award was a golden moment in her career, signifying years of hard work.
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Ray, this is supposed to be our golden years.
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Always remember the golden rule.
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This is your golden year.
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1924 to 1929 has been regarded as the golden years of the Black Metropolis.
Academic text (1999) -
If the 1950s were Copacabana's golden years, the 1960s belonged to Ipanema.
Academic text (2012) -
To Evelyn, the flood demarcated a golden age of salads and longevity.
Academic text (2011) -
This scholarship represents a golden opportunity for students to further their education.
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They celebrated their tenth anniversary, marking a golden milestone in their marriage.
Synonyms
Having good things happen by chance
Being lucky in a situation
Very beautiful and impressive in a way that makes people admire it
Very good and surprising in a way that pleases people
Giving an advantage that makes success more likely
A good sign that things will go well
Calm and peaceful, often describing a happy time in the past
Very good in a way that people admire
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
A large bright red suspension bridge in San Francisco that crosses the entrance to the bay
- Literature
A professional NBA basketball team from California called the Warriors
- Specialized
A large payment to a top manager when they leave after a takeover
A large bird of prey with a golden-brown head and neck that lives in northern mountains
- Specialized
A special way to divide a line or shape so the parts follow a fixed proportion often used in art
Money that a company pays an employee when they leave, often to encourage early retirement
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
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 Valuable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Golden comes from the old word gold, the most valued metal, so it is used to mean 'very good', 'valuable', or 'fortunate', as in a 'gold medal' for first place or someone's 'golden' years.