Usually means: Born into wealth and privilege.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word silver spoon:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. silver spoon: Merriam-Webster
  2. silver spoon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. silver spoon: Vocabulary.com
  4. silver-spoon: Wordnik
  5. silver spoon: Wiktionary
  6. silver spoon: Dictionary.com
  7. Silver Spoon (BTS song), Silver Spoon (Russian TV series), Silver Spoon (TV series), Silver Spoon (manga), Silver Spoon (sugar), Silver Spoon, Silver spoon (disambiguation), Silver spoon, The Silver Spoon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. silver spoon: Rhymezone
  9. Silver Spoon: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  10. silver spoon: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  11. Silver Spoon: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. silver spoon: FreeDictionary.org
  13. silver spoon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. silver spoon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. silver spoon: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. silver spoon: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See silver_spooning as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (silver spoon)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) Wealth passed down or inherited.

Similar:
silver tongue, lucky money, pearls before swine, fairy money, gift, riches, largesse, tinsel, pearl, gleam, more...

Opposite:
poverty, hardship, struggle

Types:
sterling silver, coin silver, plated silver, more...

Phrases:
born with a silver spoon in mouth, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born with a silver spoon in ones mouth, more...

Adjectives:
spoony, spoons, spear, bait, slice, cork, kalian, squidgy, bone, gorge, shack

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Similar:
silver tongue, lucky money, pearls before swine, fairy money, gift, riches, largesse, tinsel, pearl, gleam, more...

Opposite:
poverty, hardship, struggle

Types:
sterling silver, coin silver, plated silver, more...

Phrases:
born with a silver spoon in mouth, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born with a silver spoon in ones mouth, more...

Adjectives:
spoony, spoons, spear, bait, slice, cork, kalian, squidgy, bone, gorge, shack



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