having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; long aureate (or golden) hair; a gold carpet

[ Syn: aureate , gilt , gold , golden ]

based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility; meretricious praise; a meretricious argument

[ Syn: meretricious , specious ]

rich and superior in quality; a princely sum; gilded dining rooms

[ Syn: deluxe , grand , luxurious , opulent , princely , sumptuous ]

made from or covered with gold; gold coins; the gold dome of the Capitol; the golden calf; gilded icons

[ Syn: gold , golden ]