gold-digging
Seeking wealthy partners
Gold-digging is pursuing romantic relationships primarily for financial gain—dating or marrying someone for their money rather than genuine affection.
The term is overwhelmingly applied to women seeking wealthy men: She's just a gold-digger after his inheritance.
The original sense of extracting gold from the earth is now secondary to this figurative use.
Excessive desire for riches
- mercenarySoldier fighting for pay
- fortune-hunterOne pursuing wealthy partners
- opportunisticExploiting circumstances for gain
- materialisticPrioritizing physical wealth
acquisitiveness · money-grubbing · covetousness · status-seeking · kept · parasitic · user · exploitative
Searching for mineral wealth
- panningLateral camera traverse
- placerMineral-rich sediment accumulation
- nuggetsSmall solid lumps
- sluiceGated water conduit
claim · prospector · streambed · gravel · alluvial · ore · excavation · shaft
Expensive nonessential comfort
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- affluenceAbundance of money
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- glamourFascinating, elegant attractiveness
champagne · yachts · mansions · designer · jewelry · penthouse · limousines · splendor
Alluring seductress
- sirenWailing alert device
- temptressWoman who entices
- coquetteTeasing, insincere charmer
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
entrapment · honey-trap · seductive · alluring · beguiling · charming · manipulative · ensnaring
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- mercenarySoldier fighting for pay
- fortune-hunterOne pursuing wealthy partners
- opportunisticExploiting circumstances for gain
materialistic · acquisitiveness · money-grubbing · covetousness · status-seeking · kept · parasitic · user · exploitative · selfish
prospecting
Searching for mineral wealth
sluice · claim · prospector · streambed · gravel · alluvial · ore · excavation · shaft · pickaxe
luxury
Expensive nonessential comfort
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- affluenceAbundance of money
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
glamour · champagne · yachts · mansions · designer · jewelry · penthouse · limousines · splendor · decadence
vamp
Alluring seductress
flirtation · entrapment · honey-trap · seductive · alluring · beguiling · charming · manipulative · ensnaring · man-eater
gold-diggingtrue love
Authentic romantic connection
pure love · unconditional love · romantic love · selfless love · devotion
gold-diggingsincere
Genuinely felt, not feigned
authentic · honest · genuine · selfless · altruistic
gold, digging, digger, diggers, golden, golds, gilded, gild, gilding