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golden boy

golden boy noun: a young man who has become unusually successful at an early age.

Noun

golden boy (plural golden boys)

  1. A young man who has become unusually successful at an early age.
    • Bill Gates was the golden boy of the software industry in the early 1980s.
    • On Friday, November 17, 2023, around noon Pacific time, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, Silicon Valley’s golden boy, avatar of the generative AI revolution, logged on to a Google Meet to see four of his five board members staring at him.2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN
  2. A favored youth, held in high esteem by others, and for whom there are high hopes.
    • He was the golden boy of Montana politics.

golden boy meaning in Tamil

golden boy in Tamil

முதன்மை மாணவன்

Synonyms of golden boy

Forms of golden boy

pluralgolden boys

Questions about golden boy

What does golden boy mean?
Golden boy means a young man who has become unusually successful at an early age.
What is golden boy in Tamil?
Golden boy in Tamil is முதன்மை மாணவன். See Golden boy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is golden boy?
Golden boy is a noun.
What is the plural of golden boy?
The plural of golden boy is golden boys.

Words near golden boy in the dictionary

  1. golden billion
  2. golden billions
  3. golden birthday
  4. golden birthdays
  5. golden boot
  6. golden boy
  7. golden boys
  8. golden brown
  9. golden browns
  10. golden bull
  11. golden bulls

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