golden years
golden years
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Definitions of golden years words
- noun plural golden years the years that follow retirement from work 0
- noun golden years (Idiomatic) Old age; especially, the leisure years in later life after one has retired from employment. 0
- noun golden years (Idiomatic) The period during which someone or something flourishes. 0
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Origin of golden years
First appearance:
before 1950 One of the 5% newest English words
First recorded in 1950-55
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Parts of speech for Golden years
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
golden years popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 57% 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 golden years
noun golden years
- infirmity — a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age.
- age — Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
- caducity — perishableness
- debility — Debility is a weakness of a person's body or mind, especially one caused by an illness.
- decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
Antonyms for golden years
noun golden years
- adolescence — Adolescence is the period of your life in which you develop from being a child into being an adult.
- childhood — A person's childhood is the period of their life when they are a child.
- infancy — the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
- youth — the condition of being young.
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