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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Add onion to the skillet and cook until fully softened and lightly golden, 4–5 minutes.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

But now a golden generation has risen together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"The golden days of Italian football are well and truly gone."

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

That moment when he saw the golden arrows and when he talked to the girl in the yellow dress.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova