golden

Meaning

Adj

1. Made of, or relating to, gold.
2. Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.
3. Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
4. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
5. Advantageous or very favourable.
6. Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
7. Relating to the elderly or retired.
8. (slang) Fine, without problems.

Noun

1. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
2. Ellipsis of golden retriever.

Verb

1. To become gold or golden (in colour).
2. To make golden or like gold.

Concepts

golden

gold

made of gold

gilded

gold-coloured

yellow

of gold

aureate

prosperous

gilt

goldish

favorable

favourable

golden yellow

gold-colored

aurous

lucky

fortunate

halcyon

excellent

splendid

cream-colored

amber

amber-colored

yellowish

possessing gold

bright

brilliant in hue

sunny

auburn

blond

dark brown

maroon

hoard

treasure

admirable

bang-up

brag

copesetic

corking

crackerjack

cracking

dandy

extraordinaire

jimdandy

jimhickey

keen

marvelous

nifty

outstanding

select

slap-up

sterling

stunning

super

superior

auric

best-loved

fair-haired

favored

favorite

preferent

preferred

benefic

beneficent

beneficial

benign

benignant

good

propitious

cream

orange

waxen

cream-coloured

grand

magnificent

or

glittery

goldy

Hyphenated as

gol‧den

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡəʊl.dən/

Etymology

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold + -en.
Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). Doublet of gilden. More at gold.

Sentences

The post-Second World War period was a golden era for Dundee Football Club .