Meaning of golden boy | Babel Free
Definitions
- A young man who has become unusually successful at an early age.
- A favored youth, held in high esteem by others, and for whom there are high hopes.
Equivalents
Français
golden boy
Italiano
golden boy
Examples
“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.”
“He was the golden boy of Montana politics.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.