Meanings
plural gold mines · alternative goldmine
- idiomaticA very profitable economic venture.
This oil deposit is a regular gold mine. We make more and more money every year!
2 more examples
The possessors of Salisbury & Yeovil Railway shares had ample compensation for the anxiety which the first few years of the company's existence had given them, for the concern proved a veritable gold mine.
1939 December, John D. Hewitt, “Some Notable British Main Lines: II. Salisbury and Exeter, S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 407[Hal Varian] went to work helping Page, Brin, and Schmidt develop more efficient auction algorithms and build the auction model that became such a gold mine for Google.
2019, Rana Foroohar, Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech, Penguin UK, →ISBN - idiomaticA plentiful stockpile of something sought-after.
The Smithsonian Institution is a goldmine of knowledge, but like most mines, you have to dig for the good stuff.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 金礦 /金矿, 金山
- 金礦 /金矿 (jīnkuàng)mine for gold
- 金山 (jīnshān)mine for gold
- 搖錢樹 /摇钱树 (yáoqiánshù)very profitable economic venture
- 寶庫 /宝库 (bǎokù)reserve of something sought after
Danish guldmine
- guldminemine for gold
Dutch goudmijn, goudmijn
- goudmijnmine for gold
- goudmijnvery profitable economic venture
- goudmijnreserve of something sought after
- schatkamerreserve of something sought after
Esperanto ormino
- orminomine for gold
Finnish kultakaivos, kultakaivos
- kultakaivosmine for gold
- kultakaivosvery profitable economic venture
- kultakaivosreserve of something sought after
French mine d'or
- mine d'ormine for gold
German Goldmine, Goldbergwerk
- Goldminemine for gold
- Goldbergwerkmine for gold
- Goldgrubevery profitable economic venture
- Fundgrubereserve of something sought after
Greek χρυσωρυχείο, χρυσωρυχείο
- χρυσωρυχείο (chrysorycheío)mine for gold
- χρυσωρυχείο (chrysorycheío)very profitable economic venture
Hungarian aranybánya, aranybánya
- aranybányamine for gold
- aranybányavery profitable economic venture
- aranybányareserve of something sought after
- kincsesbányareserve of something sought after
Indonesian tambang emas
- tambang emasmine for gold
Italian miniera d'oro, miniera d'oro
- miniera d'oromine for gold
- miniera d'orovery profitable economic venture
- miniera d'ororeserve of something sought after
Japanese 金鉱, 金山
- 金鉱 (kinkō)mine for gold
- 金山 (kinzan)mine for gold
Korean 금광, 보고
- 금광 (geumgwang)mine for gold
- 보고 (bogo)reserve of something sought after
Latin aurifodīna, aurāria
- aurifodīnamine for gold
- aurāriamine for gold
Norwegian Bokmål gullgruve, gullgruve
- gullgruvemine for gold
- gullgruvevery profitable economic venture
- gullgruvereserve of something sought after
Polish kopalnia złota, kopalnia złota
- kopalnia złotamine for gold
- kopalnia złotavery profitable economic venture
- żyła złotavery profitable economic venture
- złoty interesvery profitable economic venture
- kopalnia złotareserve of something sought after
- żyła złotareserve of something sought after
Portuguese mina de ouro, mina de ouro
- mina de ouromine for gold
- mina de ourovery profitable economic venture
Romanian mină de aur
- mină de aurmine for gold
Russian золота́я ша́хта, золото́й рудни́к
- золота́я ша́хта (zolotája šáxta)mine for gold
- золото́й рудни́к (zolotój rudník)mine for gold
- золота́я жи́ла (zolotája žíla)very profitable economic venture
- кла́дезь (kládezʹ)reserve of something sought after
Spanish mina de oro, mina áurea
- mina de oromine for gold
- mina áureamine for gold
- mina áuricamine for gold
- mina auríferamine for gold
- mina aurígeramine for gold
- arrugiamine for gold
- mina de orovery profitable economic venture
- filónvery profitable economic venture
- mina de ororeserve of something sought after
Swedish guldgruva, guldgruva
- guldgruvamine for gold
- guldgruvavery profitable economic venture
Tagalog pakayan
- pakayanmine for gold
Ukrainian клонда́йк
- клонда́йк (klondájk)reserve of something sought after
Urdu سونے کی کان
- سونے کی کان (sone kī kān)mine for gold
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with gold mine
Cite this entry
gold mine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gold%20mine
“gold mine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gold%20mine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gold mine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gold%20mine.
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