golden
- adjective
- /ˈɡoʊldən/
- We are living in a golden age, Jem.
- a golden opportunity
- the golden rule
- a golden age
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- 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.
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If the 1950s were Copacabana's golden years, the 1960s belonged to Ipanema.
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To Evelyn, the flood demarcated a golden age of salads and longevity.
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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
Very good in a way that people admire
Calm and peaceful, often describing a happy time in the past
A good sign that things will go well
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
- Specialized
A plant with long narrow leaves and bright orange-yellow flowers that grows in dry open places in California
Money that a company pays an employee when they leave, often to encourage early retirement
- Specialized
A special ratio where the small part to the big part equals the big part to the whole
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
A brightly colored bird with feathers on its head whose male has red and gold feathers
A low plant that lives for many years in woods with three-part leaves, yellow roots and white flowers
A small tree with hanging clusters of yellow flowers often used in gardens and for Easter decorations
A Mongol army that invaded and ruled parts of eastern Europe and Russia in the 1200s and 1300s
- South African
A small animal from southern Africa that lives underground and has shiny fur
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A plant from California with grasslike leaves and bright orange flowers
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A garden plant with bright yellow daisy-like flowers that lives many years
A climbing evergreen plant with shiny leaves and large yellow flowers used in gardens
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Very small living things in water that look golden because of their colored parts
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A low plant that grows in wet places with small yellow-green flowers
A large round cactus with golden spines and pale yellow flowers often grown in gardens
- Australian
A small Australian tree with bright yellow, fragrant flowers often grown in gardens
- US
A plant from Mexico with bright yellow cup-shaped flowers and blue-grey divided leaves
A North American plant that stays green all year and has small yellow flowers
A bright yellow songbird with black wings that lives in Europe and North Africa
A plant that lives for many years with grey woolly leaves and golden-yellow flowers
- Specialized
A small low plant with short leafy stems and small round yellow orange flowers
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.