Synonyms of golden

golden

adjective

ˈgōl-dən 

1

as in bright

having qualities which inspire hope

this may be your golden moment to impress a baseball scout, so don't blow it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bright
• promising
• optimistic
• rosy
• auspicious
• hopeful
• propitious
• roseate
• fair
• likely
• rose-colored
• encouraging
• upbeat
• heartening
• good
• positive
• favorable
• reassuring
• soothing
• comforting
• confident
• decisive
• sure
• doubtless
• cheering
• bullish
• assured
• unhesitating
• beamish
• eupeptic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dark
• desperate
• gloomy
• unlikely
• dismal
• bleak
• dreary
• hopeless
• depressing
• pessimistic
• discouraging
• inauspicious
• unpromising
• disheartening
• cheerless
• uncertain
• negative
• dubious
• gray
• unpropitious
• doubtful
• grey
• downbeat
• unfavorable
• unencouraging
• grim
• comfortless
• bearish
• miserable
• wretched
• glum
• funereal

2

as in round

marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones

sang in a golden alto that filled the concert hall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• round
• ringing
• vibrant
• mellow
• resonant
• sonorous
• rotund
• deep
• reverberant
• powerful
• loud
• reverberative
• rich
• resounding
• reverberating
• plangent
• orotund
• mellifluous
• full
• thunderous
• thundering
• plummy
• mellifluent
• stentorian

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hollow
• soft
• cavernous
• low
• weak
• faint
• thin
• muted
• smothered
• murmurous
• tinny

3

as in thriving

marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically

the golden age of industrialization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thriving
• prosperous
• successful
• booming
• prospering
• wealthy
• halcyon
• roaring
• healthy
• flourishing
• palmy
• lush
• rich
• affluent
• opulent
• boomy
• monied
• substantial
• moneyed
• well-to-do
• comfortable
• well-off
• well-heeled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unsuccessful
• dying
• depressed
• failing
• languishing
• unprosperous
• declining
• struggling
• bankrupt
• insolvent
• floundering
• bankrupted

4

as in blond

of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color

a golden Labrador

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blond
• blonde
• tawny
• sandy
• flaxen
• straw
• white
• gold
• fair
• ochreous
• strawberry blond
• ocherous
• blondish
• strawberry blonde
• towheaded
• light
• ash-blonde
• ash-blond

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brown
• olive
• dark
• swarthy
• swart
• brunette
• brunet
• black
• ebony
• raven
• black-a-vised

5

as in promising

pointing toward a happy outcome

that new job is a golden opportunity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promising
• bright
• favorable
• encouraging
• happy
• hopeful
• lucky
• auspicious
• propitious
• fortunate
• beneficial
• heartening
• profitable
• prosperous
• advantageous
• fortuitous
• providential
• salutary

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dim
• unfavorable
• hopeless
• inauspicious
• discouraging
• unpromising
• unpropitious
• unfortunate
• unhappy
• disheartening
• unlucky
• fatal
• dark
• disastrous
• catastrophic
• futureless
• ruinous
• calamitous
• sinister
• ominous
• gloomy
• ill
• baleful
• menacing
• threatening
• portentous
• dire
• foreboding
• direful
• minatory
• ill-boding
• doomy

Examples of golden in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the dealer’s acquisitive focus often operated as a Midas touch, turning those around him into golden objects. —Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024

Work in batches to scoop batter into the skillet, cooking each pancake until the edges are set and the bottoms are golden brown. —Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2024

According to Swifties, her golden 'fit was filled with clues that Rep (TV) is coming soon. —Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 Oct. 2024

As twilight casts a golden hue over the spires of Budapest and the cobblestone streets of Belgrade, a new chapter in wealth management unfolds across Central and Eastern Europe. —Francois Botha, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024

Phrases Containing golden

• golden age
• golden mean