golden
made or consisting of gold: golden earrings.
exceptionally valuable, advantageous, or fine: a golden opportunity.
having glowing vitality; radiant: golden youth.
full of happiness, prosperity, or vigor: golden hours;a golden era of exploration.
highly talented and favored; destined for success: television's golden boy.
richly soft and smooth: a golden voice.
indicating the fiftieth event of a series: a golden wedding anniversary.
Origin of golden
1Other words for golden
Other words from golden
- gold·en·ly, adverb
- gold·en·ness, noun
- un·gold·en, adjective
Words that may be confused with golden
- gilded, golden
Words Nearby golden
Other definitions for Golden (2 of 2)
a city in central Colorado.
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How to use golden in a sentence
The “golden spurtle” refers to both the traditional Scottish utensil specifically designed for porridge-stirring, as well as the shape of the trophy awarded to winners.
golden also expects lawmakers will more seriously debate reintroducing the state’s severance tax for timber companies.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Calls for Audit After Our Reporting on a State Institute That Lobbied for the Timber Industry | by Tony Schick, OPB, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive | September 2, 2020 | ProPublicaHowever, there are signs that Asher’s golden touch may be fading.
Language processing is now entering a kind of golden age, in which once impossible tasks are increasingly within reach.
The New York City Marathon — which would have celebrated its golden anniversary this year — and the never-before-canceled Boston Marathon are among the most well-known and highly anticipated races that have been nixed.
Canceled Races Aren’t Stopping Endurance Athletes From Setting Wild New Records | Anna Wiederkehr (anna.wiederkehr@abc.com) | July 20, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
But on Thursday Boxer triggered a golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.
The Golden State Preps for the ‘Red Wedding’ of Senate Races | David Freedlander | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe former Virginia governor was once the golden boy of the GOP.
The Second Republic was also considered the another golden age for Korean Cinema.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea | Rich Goldstein | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the series was implausibly shut out by both the golden Globe and SAG Awards.
‘The Comeback’ Finale: Give Lisa Kudrow All of the Awards | Kevin Fallon | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCongratulations on your golden Globe nomination for Best Director.
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History | Marlow Stern | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
The Boarded-Up House | Augusta Huiell SeamanCenturus aurifrons dubius (Cabot): golden-fronted Woodpecker.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula | Erwin E. KlaasNo man should regard the subject of religion as decided for him until he has read The golden Bough.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordHe set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneAnd he himself brought her the golden-brown bouillon, in a dainty Sevres cup, with a flaky cracker or two on the saucer.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
British Dictionary definitions for golden
/ (ˈɡəʊldən) /
of the yellowish or brownish-yellow metallic colour of gold: golden hair
made from or largely consisting of gold: a golden statue
happy or prosperous: golden days
(sometimes capital) (of anniversaries) the 50th in a series: Golden Jubilee; golden wedding
informal very successful or destined for success: the golden girl of tennis
extremely valuable or advantageous: a golden opportunity
Derived forms of golden
- goldenly, adverb
- goldenness, noun
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