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Synonyms for gold

  • noun
  • adjective

Most common

metal platinum bullion ingot money au amber nugget

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Noun

Adjective

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79.

  2. adj. 1

    Made of gold.

Forms

Plural
golds → platinums, bullions, metals, ingots…

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Gold, Bullion, Silver or Money?

Bullion is either gold or silver uncoined, or the coined metal considered without reference to its coinage, but simply as merchandise, when its value as bullion may be very different from its value as money.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • metal What makes you think that Tom likes "Heavy Metal"?
  • platinum Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt.
  • bullion The vault was filled to the brim with gold bullion bars.
  • ingot I've never seen a gold ingot in real life.
  • money Have more month left over at the end of the money.
  • au "What is the element with the symbol Au?" "Gold."

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
goldsteady
metalfalling
platinumfalling
bullionfalling
ingotfalling
moneysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
or1, au1
4 letters
gilt1, yilt
5 letters
money2, metal2, amber2, ingot2, aurum2
6 letters
golden2, yellow2, gilded2, nugget2
7 letters
bullion2, aureate
8 letters
platinum2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (money2 = 2 syllables).

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