Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun goldfinch

2 senses of goldfinch

Sense 1
New World goldfinch, goldfinch, yellowbird, Spinus tristis -- (American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer)
       => finch -- (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Sense 2
goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis -- (small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings)
       => finch -- (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)