1. (adj) aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
"long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"
2. (adj) gilded, meretricious, specious
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
3. (adj) deluxe, gilded, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous
rich and superior in quality
"a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"
4. (adj) gold, golden, gilded
made from or covered with gold
"gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"
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