golden

Meaning

Adj

1. Made of, or relating to, gold.
2. Having a color 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. (UK, predicative, slang) Fine, without problems.

Noun

1. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of golden retriever.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become gold or golden (in color).
2. (transitive) To make golden or like gold.

Synonyms

gold

made of gold

gilded

aureate

gold-coloured

of gold

yellow

prosperous

goldish

gilt

favourable

favorable

gold-colored

golden yellow

excellent

lucky

halcyon

aurous

splendid

fortunate

favored

favorite

glittery

grand

hoard

jimdandy

keen

magnificent

maroon

marvelous

nifty

or

orange

🍊

outstanding

preferred

propitious

select

slap-up

sterling

stunning

sunny

☀️

super

superior

treasure

waxen

yellowish

amber-colored

benefic

cream-colored

dark brown

Translations

golden

doré

dorado

dorato

dourado

aureo

aureus

áureo

χρυσαφένιος

gouden

χρυσός

gulden

d’or

daurat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡəʊl.dən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: golden

Cognate with English: gilden

Cognate with Dutch: gouden

Cognate with German: gülden

Cognate with Danish: gylden

In summary

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

It represents the Glory of Christ Pantocrator , Resurrected , on a golden background .

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

A so-called " golden giant danio ", sometimes seen , is in reality a partial albino fish .