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