Definitions for golden
ˈgoʊl dəngold·en

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, goldenadjective

   having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

   "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"

2. golden, halcyon, prosperousadjective

   marked by peace and prosperity

   "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade"

3. gold, golden, gildedadjective

   made from or covered with gold

   "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"

4. fortunate, goldenadjective

   supremely favored

   "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"

5. goldenadjective

   suggestive of gold

   "a golden voice"

6. golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperousadjective

   presaging or likely to bring good luck

   "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. goldenverb

   To become golden (in colour).

2. goldenverb

   To make golden or like gold.

3. goldenadjective

   Made of, or relating to, gold.

   She wore a golden crown.

4. goldenadjective

   Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.

   Under a golden sun.

5. goldenadjective

   Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.

   The Renaissance was a golden era.

6. goldenadjective

   Advantageous or very favourable.

   This is a golden opportunity

7. goldenadjective

   Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.

   It's not long until our golden wedding.

8. Etymology: From golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier gulden, gylden, gilden, from gylden, from gulþīnaz, equivalent to. Cognate with gouden, gülden, golden, gylden. More at gold.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Goldenadjective

   Etymology: from gold.

   1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.

   O would to God that the inclusive verge
   Of golden metal, that must round my brow,
   Were red-hot steel to sear me to the brain. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   Nine royal knights in equal rank succeed,
   Each warrior mounted on a fiery steed,
   In golden armour glorious to behold;
   The rivets of their arms were nail’d with gold. Dryden.

   2. Shining; bright; splendid; resplendent.

   So sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not
   To those fresh morning drops upon the rose;
   Nor shines the silver moon one half so bright
   Through the transparent bosom of the deep. William Shakespeare.

   ’Tis better to be lowly born,
   And range with humble livers in content,
   Than to be perk’d up in a glistering grief,
   And wear a golden sorrow. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Heaven’s golden winged herald late he saw
   To a poor Galilean virgin sent. Richard Crashaw.

   To her hard yoke you must hereafter bow,
   Howe’er she shines all golden to you now. Dryden.

   And see the guardian angels of the good,
   Reclining soft on many a golden cloud. Nicholas Rowe, Royal Conv.

   3. Yellow; of the colour of gold.

   Golden russeting hath a gold coloured coat under a russet hair, and its flesh of a yellow colour. John Mortimer.

   4. Excellent; valuable.

   I have bought
   Golden opinions from all sort of people,
   Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
   Not cast aside so soon. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   That verse which they commonly call golden, has two substantives and two adjectives, with a verb betwixt them to keep the peace. Dryden.

   Thence arises that golden rule of dealing with others as we would have others deal with us. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   5. Happy; resembling the age of gold.

   They say many young gentlemen flock to him every day, and fleet the time carelesly, as they did in the golden world. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Goldenadjective

   made of gold; consisting of gold

2. Goldenadjective

   having the color of gold; as, the golden grain

3. Goldenadjective

   very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions

4. Etymology: [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Golden

   The City of Golden is a home rule municipality and the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Golden lies along Clear Creek at the edge of the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Founded during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush on 16 June 1859, the mining camp was originally named Golden City in honor of Thomas L. Golden. Golden City served as the capital of the provisional Territory of Jefferson from 1860 to 1861, and capital of the official Territory of Colorado from 1862 to 1867. In 1867, the territorial capital was moved about 12 miles east to Denver City. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 18,867 in 2010. The Colorado School of Mines, offering programs in engineering and science, is located in Golden. Also there are the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the National Earthquake Information Center, the Coors Brewing Company, CoorsTek, Spyderco, the American Mountaineering Center, and the Colorado Railroad Museum. It is the birthplace of the Jolly Rancher, a candy bought out by the Hershey Foods Corporation. Famous western showman William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody is buried nearby on Lookout Mountain.

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. golden

   [prob.: from folklore's ‘golden egg’] When used to describe a magnetic medium (e.g., golden disk, golden tape), describes one containing a tested, up-to-spec, ready-to-ship software version. Compare platinum-iridium. One may also “go gold”, which is the act of releasing a golden version. The gold color of many CDROMs is a coincidence; this term was well established a decade before CDROM distribution become common in the mid-1990s.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'golden' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2623

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'golden' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4311

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'golden' in Adjectives Frequency: #352

Anagrams for golden »

1. longed

2. dongle

3. engold

How to pronounce golden?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of golden in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of golden in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of golden in a Sentence

1. Sarah Palin:

   He was like a golden wrecking ball, he wrecked what needed to be wrecked … in order to allow us to rebuild.

2. Muhammad Ali:

   Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

3. Orison Swett Marden:

   The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others it is in yourself alone.

4. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Mark this golden words that stock market will not rise up as many fools have invested their money seeing 50% fall. But those fools do not understand that Stock market operators albeit companies have this data and therefore they will make prices further fall may be over 50% more. They do not care even if whole people become pauper and come on street and even if stock market goes to dump with humongous unemployment all over

5. Edwin Markham:

   We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.

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