gold

/ɡˈoʊld/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. coins made of gold
2. a deep yellow color
   “an amber light illuminated the room”
3. a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
4. great wealth--Ben Jonson
   “Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold”
5. something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.
   “the child was as good as gold”

adjective

1. made from or covered with gold
   “gold coins”
2. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
   “long aureate (or golden) hair”

Synonyms for gold

• amber
• Au
• atomic number 79
• golden
• gilded
• metallic
• aureate
• gilt
• chromatic

Words that rhyme with gold

• hold
• cold
• mold
• fold
• mould
• old
• manifold
• threshold
• bold
• unfold
• blindfold
• foothold
• fourfold
• remold
• rolled
• scold
• threefold
• toehold
• twofold
• uphold
• chokehold
• freehold
• ninefold
• sevenfold
• sixfold
• stranglehold
• tenfold
• withhold
• behold
• billfold