1. (

• gild ,
• begild ,
• engild

) decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold ;

1. (

• aureate ,
• gilded ,
• gilt ,
• gold ,
• golden

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

2. (

• gilded ,
• meretricious ,
• specious ,
• glossy

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

3. (

• deluxe ,
• gilded ,
• grand ,
• luxurious ,
• opulent ,
• princely ,
• sumptuous ,
• lush

) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"; "these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous" ;

4. (

• gold ,
• golden ,
• gilded

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