golden

Plural: goldens

Adjective Satellite

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
- "long aureate (or golden) hair"
marked by peace and prosperity
- "a golden era"
made from or covered with gold
- "the golden calf"
supremely favored
- "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"
suggestive of gold
- "a golden voice"
presaging or likely to bring good luck

Adj

Made of, or relating to, gold.
Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold.
Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
Advantageous or very favourable.
Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
Relating to the elderly or retired.
Fine, without problems.

Noun

Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
Ellipsis of golden retriever.

Verb

To become gold or golden (in color).
To make golden or like gold.

Adjective

Of the color of gold; exceptionally valuable or excellent.

Examples

After retiring, Bob and Judy moved to Arizona to live out their golden years.
He found a GOLDEN opportunity for a bingo across the triple word score in Scrabble.
It's not long until our golden wedding.
She wore a golden crown.
This is a golden opportunity

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold + -en.
Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). Doublet of gilden. More at gold.

Synonyms

aureate, favorable, favourable, fortunate, gilded, gilt, gold, halcyon, lucky, prosperous, goldish § Synonyms

Scrabble Score: 8

golden: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
golden: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
golden: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

golden: valid Words With Friends Word