gold-digger

gold-dig·ger

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [gohld dig-er]
- /goʊld ˈdɪg ər/
- /ɡəʊld ˈdɪɡ.ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gohld dig-er]
- /goʊld ˈdɪg ər/

Definitions of gold-digger word

noun gold-digger a person who seeks or digs for gold in a gold field. 1
noun gold-digger Informal. a woman who associates with or marries a man chiefly for material gain. 1
countable noun gold-digger A gold-digger is a person who has a relationship with someone who is rich in order to get money or expensive things from them. 0
noun gold-digger a person who prospects or digs for gold 0
noun gold-digger a woman who uses her sexual attractions to accumulate gifts and wealth or advance her social position 0
noun gold-digger a woman who in her personal relations with men tries to get money and gifts from them 0

See all 6 definitions of gold-digger

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Origin of gold-digger

First appearance:

before 1820

One of the 38% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1820-30

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Parts of speech for Gold-digger

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Gold-digger

gold-digger popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for gold-digger

noun gold-digger

bloodsucker — A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.
leech — Margaret, 1893–1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer.
parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
sponge — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
user — the exercise of a right to the enjoyment of property.

All 8 Synonyms of gold-digger