gilded

Other forms of gilded

comparative

gildedder·

superlative

gildeddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gilded

What does gilded mean?

gilded means "having the deep slightly brownish color of gold". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gilded?

gilded has 2 syllables: gil-ded. The stress falls on "gil". In IPA it is /ˈɡɪldɪd/.

What is another word for gilded?

Close synonyms include aureate, gilt, gold, golden, meretricious. 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 gilded a common word?

gilded 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.