GOLD: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for GOLD?

Need another word that means the same as “gold”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “gold” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Gold” are: au, amber, money, wealth, finance, finances, funds, cash, lucre, wherewithal, means, assets, liquid assets, capital, resources, reserves, deep pockets, gold medal, first prize, aureate, gilded, gilt, golden

Gold as a Noun

Definitions of "Gold" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “gold” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A deep yellow color.
• Great wealth.
• 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.
• Something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.
• Money in large sums; wealth.
• A yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used especially in jewellery and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies.
• Great wealth–Ben Jonson.
• An alloy of gold.
• Coins made of gold.
• Something considered to be precious, beautiful, or of the most superior quality.
• A deep lustrous yellow or yellow-brown colour.
• Coins or other articles made of gold.
• The bullseye of an archery target.

Synonyms of "Gold" as a noun (19 Words)

amber	A honey yellow colour typical of amber. An amber light illuminated the room.
assets	Anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company.
au	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.
capital	A valuable resource of a particular kind. The drug capital of Columbia.
cash	United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003. The staff were paid in cash.
deep pockets	Literary term for an ocean.
finance	The commercial activity of providing funds and capital. The club s finances are stretched to the limit.
finances	The commercial activity of providing funds and capital.
first prize	The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving.
funds	Assets in the form of money.
gold medal	A deep yellow color.
liquid assets	A substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure.
lucre	The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses. Officials getting their hands grubby with filthy lucre.
means	An action or system by which a result is achieved; a method. Technology seen as a means to bring about emancipation.
money	Wealth reckoned in terms of money. The main aim of a commercial organization is to make money.
reserves	Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army.
resources	The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems. A man of resource.
wealth	The state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money. Some people buy boats and cars to display their wealth.
wherewithal	The necessary means (especially financial means. They lacked the wherewithal to pay.

Usage Examples of "Gold" as a noun

• Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice–almighty gold.
• 9-carat gold.
• He admired the gold of her hair.
• He proved to be a rabid seeker for gold and power.
• The child was as good as gold.
• She claimed she was robbed of a gold.
• Her ankles and wrists were glinting with gold.
• They scout continents in search of the new green gold.
• Her eyes were light green and flecked with gold.
• She has a heart of gold.

Gold as an Adjective

Definitions of "Gold" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “gold” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Made of or coloured like gold.
• Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold.
• Made from or covered with gold.

Synonyms of "Gold" as an adjective (4 Words)

aureate	Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold. The aureate dollar.
gilded	Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing. He saw plain decent boys transformed to gilded roistering youths.
gilt	Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold.
golden	Presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome. Golden lads and girls all must like chimney sweepers come to dust.

Usage Examples of "Gold" as an adjective

• The gold dome of the Capitol.
• The golden calf.
• Long aureate (or golden) hair.
• Gold earrings.
• A gold carpet.
• Gold coins.
• The warm gold interior of the wood-lined church.

Associations of "Gold" (30 Words)

amber	A honey yellow colour typical of amber. Amber eyes.
amethyst	A violet or purple colour. Amethyst earrings.
auriferous	(of rocks or minerals) containing gold. Not all the quartz veins are auriferous.
bracelet	Jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration.
chain	Fasten or secure with a chain. The agency is part of a nationwide chain.
coal	Take in coal. Men were loading coals into a wagon.
colliery	A coal mine and the buildings and equipment associated with it.
copper	Brown coins of low value made of copper or bronze. Coppered pins.
diamond	One of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards denoted by a red diamond. He led a small diamond.
diggings	Material that has been dug from the ground. Hills scarred with peat diggings.
excavation	A hole in the ground made by excavating. Inside the excavation were the bones of some huge creature.
gem	Decorate with or as with gems. Tiny drops of sweat gemmed his forehead.
gravel	Cover with gravel. They gravelled the road.
jade	An ornament made of jade. A jade figurine.
jadeite	A green, blue, or white mineral which is one of the forms of jade. It is a silicate of sodium, aluminium, and iron and belongs to the pyroxene group.
jewelry	An adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems.
medal	Decorate or honour with a medal. He was medalled by the Michigan Photographers Association.
medallion	A circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat. Medallions of veal.
mine	Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted. Mine ores and metals.
miner	A person who dug tunnels in order to destroy an enemy position with explosives. The miners were freed after spending four days trapped underground.
mineral	Of or denoting a mineral. Mineral ingredients such as zinc oxide.
mineshaft	A deep narrow vertical hole, or sometimes a horizontal tunnel, that gives access to a mine. One member of this party almost vanished down a hidden disused mineshaft.
mining	The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth. Close linkages between mining and other sectors of the economy.
necklace	In South Africa kill someone with a tyre necklace. A diamond necklace.
nephrite	A hard, pale green or white mineral which is one of the forms of jade. It is a silicate of calcium and magnesium.
ore	A monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden 100 ore equal 1 krona. The mine s reserves of ore.
pearl	An artificial imitation of a pearl. Tweeds look traditional teamed with twinset and pearls.
quarry	Extract stone or other materials from a quarry. Quarry marble.
quartz	A hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form present in most rocks especially sandstone and granite yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities.
turquoise	A shade of blue tinged with green. Blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone.