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golden years en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Old age; especially, the leisure years in later life after one has retired from employment.
    • If, by the time you are 50, you haven't started planning for retirement, the golden years won't be golden. 1986 December 18, “Planning key to financially secure retirement”, in Edmonton Journal, Canada, page C1:
    • To make the most of your golden years, study the points enumerated above and then resolve to do just the opposite. 1958 October 16, Robert Peterson, “Growing Old Disgracefully”, in St. Petersburg Independent, US, page 9:
    • A huge wave of baby boomers may need long-term care in their golden years. 2011 February 8, Janet Morrissey, “Preparing for Long-Term Care: Any Good Options?”, in Time, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2013:
  2. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) The period during which someone or something flourishes.
    • Seven foot Wilt Chamberlain one day will rule professional basketball with greater authority than George Mikan in his golden years, the Stilt's coach predicted yesterday. 1959 October 16, “Basketball: Wilt Giving Warriors Illusions of Grandeur”, in Daytona Beach Morning Journal, US, page 9:
    • Almost before Carlyle realized his good fortune he was on Broadway, with offers of engagements on all sides, and more money than he had ever dreamed of. It was when he realized that he was spending the golden years of his life gibbering round a stage with a lot of black men. 1920 May 27, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “The Offshore Pirate”, in Flappers and Philosophers, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published September 1920, →OCLC, part III, page 19:
    • I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years / Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years 1975, David Bowie, “Golden Years”, in Station to Station:
    • The later time of life, when white hairs show that reflection must take the place of action, may well be called golden years. 1903 September 26, The Rural New Yorker, volume LXII, number 2800:
    • Certainly no champion in history was as all-conquering, as invulnerable, as was Mrs. Moody during her golden years. 1938 August 25, Henry McLemore, “Today's Sport Parade”, in Reading Eagle, US, page 22:

Coordinates

silver age

Synonyms

fogeydom · old age · codgerhood · vetustity · golden years · heyday · prime · sunset years · geezerdom · sunset years · chair days · superannuation · golden age · oldhood · age · senectitude · twilight years · senescence · elderliness · twilight years · golden time · golden era · eld

Translations (24)

he גִּיל הַזָּהָב (old age) · it apice (period of flourishment) · es años dorados (period of flourishment) · fr âge d'or (period of flourishment) · it culmine (period of flourishment) · ja 老後 (old age) · bg зла́тни годи́ни (period of flourishment) · it età senile (old age) · cmn 夕陽紅 /夕阳红 (old age) · it terza età (old age) · pt anos dourados (period of flourishment) · pl złote czasy (period of flourishment) · it anni d'oro (period of flourishment) · pt auge (period of flourishment) · et kuldsed aastad (period of flourishment) · it età d'oro (period of flourishment) · pl złote czasy (old age) · it periodo d'oro (period of flourishment) · fr années d'or (period of flourishment) · it viale del tramonto (old age) · pt ápice (period of flourishment) · bg зла́тни годи́ни (old age) · uk золоті роки (period of flourishment) · es cumbre (period of flourishment)