All gilt synonyms
gilt
G g adj gilt
- golden — bright, metallic, or lustrous like gold; of the color of gold; yellow: golden hair.
- gaudy — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
- painted — reproduced or represented in paint: a painted image.
- sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
- gleaming — a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark.
- lustrous — having luster; shining; luminous: lustrous eyes.
- alloyed — a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
- tinsel — a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- plated — coated with a thin film of gold, silver, etc., as for ornamental purposes.
- varnished — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- overlaid — simple past tense of overlie.
- meretricious — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- shiny — bright or glossy in appearance.
- showy — making an imposing display: showy flowers.
- specious — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
adjective gilt
noun gilt
- gold leaf — gold in the form of very thin foil, as for gilding.