el dorado

1. 1.

   an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers

   Synonymseldorado

   Broaderimaginary place

Questions about el dorado

What does el dorado mean?

el dorado means "an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers".

What is another word for el dorado?

Close synonyms include eldorado. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is el dorado a common word?

el dorado is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.