Synonyms for precious
- adjective
- adverb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Valuable — of high value or worth
valuable, priceless, dear, worthy, rare, rich, inestimable, expensive, costly, choice, estimable dated
2. Exquisite — thorough; utter
exquisite, perfect, proper, absolute, complete, regular, thorough-going, out-and-out, decided, thorough, total, utter, downright, stark, unqualified, unmitigated, consummate, wholesale, outright, rank, arrant dated
4. Cutesy — contrived to be cute or charming
cutesy, pretentious, saccharine, twee UK IE, syrupy
Other
golden, cute, valued, ever-loving, artful, arty-crafty, affected, effete, confounded, raasclaat vulgar
Adverb
1. Preciously — very; an intensifier
preciously, most, very, real, really
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of high value or worth.
- adj. 2
Contrived to be cute or charming.
- adv. 1
Very; an intensifier.
precious few pictures of him exist
- n. 1
Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling.
Related words
- Word family
- preciously preciousness preciosity
- Phrases
- precious stone precious coral precious few precious little
- Is a kind of
- cheesy sappy sickly sweet bathetic squishy
Forms
- Plural
- preciouses → darlings, loves, sweethearts, sugars…
Choose the right word
Rare has the added sense of precious, which is sometimes, but not necessarily, blended with that above given; as, a rare gem.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- dear My mother has sold everything that is dear to her.
- valuable To the eye of an artist, this is valuable, I hear.
- worthy It's better to be envied than to be worthy of pity.
- priceless Giving birth to newborns is a priceless life gift.
- wholesale A retail merchant buys wholesale and sells retail.
- exquisite This restaurant offers some really exquisite dishes.
By length
- 4 letters
- most1, very2, love1, real1, rich1, dear1, rare1, cute1, rank1, twee
- 5 letters
- total2, loved1, sugar2, stark1, utter2
- 6 letters
- really2, wanted2, choice1, proper2, golden2, worthy2, valued2, costly2, artful2, cutesy2, syrupy, effete2, arrant2
- 7 letters
- perfect2, decided3, regular3, beloved2, darling2
- 8 letters
- complete2, affected3, valuable3, absolute3, thorough2, outright2
- 9 letters
- expensive3, wholesale2, priceless2, exquisite3, downright2, cherished2, treasured2, estimable4, raasclaat
- 10 letters
- sweetheart2, consummate3, confounded3, saccharine3, preciously
- 11 letters
- unqualified4, pretentious3, unmitigated5, inestimable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (very2 = 2 syllables).