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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They can be identified by a yellow abdomen with red markings, and by the golden color of their webs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

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

She was pale and thin, and her golden hair was loose and disheveled.

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