golden

[gohl-duhn] / ˈgoʊl dən /

ADJECTIVE

beautiful, advantageous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bright brilliant glorious rich shining

WEAK

auspicious best blissful delightful excellent favorable flourishing happy joyful joyous opportune precious promising propitious prosperous resplendent rosy successful valuable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dark dull gloomy normal stupid typical unaware unintelligent

WEAK

disadvantaged ugly unsuccessful

Example Sentences

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Inside, the images showed an auditorium dominated by a gigantic golden statue of Trump.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

When baked, the streusel should form a craggy, golden crust that cracks gently under a knife.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

But at the same time, the experience that you have there is absolutely golden.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Today, the Labor Department takes a major step toward that new golden age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Then there were others he’d never seen before: a large rabbit with horns and a golden crown.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova