Phrase guide

golden age

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡəʊl.dən eɪd͡ʒ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈɡoʊl.dən eɪd͡ʒ/

1

name

Meaning 1

The oldest and best of the Classical Ages of Man, when people lived innocent lives of happiness and prosperity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Any previous period similarly viewed as superior to the present.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and great progress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: golden era

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The Golden Age.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

(classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence; by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time period, period of time, period

6

noun

Meaning 6

any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: historic period, age

7

noun

Meaning 7

a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was the golden age of cinema

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَصْر ذَهَبِيّ (ʕaṣr ḏahabiyy) — time of progress and achievement
  • Bulgarian: златен век (zlaten vek) — time of progress and achievement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃金時代 /黄金时代 (huángjīn shídài) — time of progress and achievement
  • Danish: guldalder — time of progress and achievement
  • Dutch: gouden eeuw — time of progress and achievement
  • Esperanto: orepoko — time of progress and achievement
  • Finnish: kulta-aika — time of progress and achievement
  • French: âge d'or — time of progress and achievement
  • Georgian: ოქროს ხანა (okros xana) — time of progress and achievement
  • German: goldenes Zeitalter — time of progress and achievement
  • Greek: χρυσή εποχή (chrysí epochí) — time of progress and achievement
  • Ancient Greek: χρύσεον γένος (khrúseon génos) — time of progress and achievement
  • Hebrew: תּוֹר הַזָּהָב (tor hazaháv) — time of progress and achievement
  • Hindi: स्वर्ण युग (svarṇ yug) — time of progress and achievement
  • Hungarian: aranykor — time of progress and achievement
  • Icelandic: gullöld — time of progress and achievement
  • Indonesian: zaman kejayaan — time of progress and achievement
  • Italian: età d'oro — time of progress and achievement
  • Italian: periodo d'oro — time of progress and achievement
  • Japanese: 黄金時代 (ōgon jidai) — time of progress and achievement
  • Korean: 황금기 (hwanggeumgi) — time of progress and achievement
  • Korean: 황금시대 (hwanggeumsidae) — time of progress and achievement
  • Latin: aetas aurea — time of progress and achievement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gullalder — time of progress and achievement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: storhetstid — time of progress and achievement
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gullalder — time of progress and achievement
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stordomstid — time of progress and achievement
  • Persian: دوران طلایی — time of progress and achievement
  • Persian: عصر طلایی — time of progress and achievement
  • Persian: عصر شکوفایی — time of progress and achievement
  • Polish: złoty wiek — time of progress and achievement
  • Portuguese: anos dourados — time of progress and achievement
  • Romanian: epocă de aur — time of progress and achievement
  • Russian: золото́й век (zolotój vek) — time of progress and achievement
  • Spanish: edad de oro — time of progress and achievement
  • Spanish: siglo de oro — time of progress and achievement
  • Spanish: edad dorada — time of progress and achievement
  • Spanish: época dorada — time of progress and achievement
  • Spanish: siglo dorado — time of progress and achievement
  • Swedish: guldålder — time of progress and achievement
  • Swedish: storhetstid — time of progress and achievement
  • Tamil: பொற்காலம் (poṟkālam) — time of progress and achievement
  • Vietnamese: thời hoàng kim — time of progress and achievement