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GOLDEN BOY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does golden boy mean?

• GOLDEN BOY (noun)
The noun GOLDEN BOY has 1 sense:

1. a man who is unusually successful at an early age

Familiarity information: GOLDEN BOY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GOLDEN BOY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A man who is unusually successful at an early age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

golden boy; wonder boy

Hypernyms ("golden boy" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

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