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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She was, in short, a golden child from a prominent family, bound for success.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

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

It's an expensive golden bullet to bring down a relatively cheap fibreglass drone.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Sure, she was pretty, with her golden hair and ruby lips.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff