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Definitions

value

[val-yoo] / ˈvæl yu /
NOUN
financial worth
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amount cost expense price profit rate
STRONG
appraisal assessment charge equivalent
WEAK
market price monetary worth
Antonyms
WEAK
detriment disadvantage
NOUN
advantage, worth
Synonyms
STRONGEST
benefit content import importance meaning power profit purpose quality sense significance use valuation
STRONG
account bearing caliber condition connotation consequence denotation desirability distinction drift eminence esteem estimation excellence finish force goodness grade help implication interpretation mark merit preference regard repute serviceableness state stature substance superiority usefulness utility
WEAK
marketability
Antonyms
STRONGEST
insignificance loss
STRONG
beginning commencement disadvantage dislike hate inferiority start unimportance weakness
WEAK
detriment
VERB
to regard highly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appreciate cherish esteem treasure
STRONG
hold dear hold in respect rate highly regard highly respect set store by think highly of
WEAK
enshrine
Antonyms
STRONG
dislike disregard disrespect hate ignore
WEAK
despise not care

Usage

What are other ways to say value? To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To prize is to value highly and cherish.

Example Sentences

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The company’s shares, which trade in France, have shed more than a third of their value from recent highs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

We give more value to products and experiences that require us to work and to give active participation.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Krinsky observed that the ETF lost most of its value before closing in December 2020, while the Dow Jones Coal Index has seen a massive surge since the ETF’s closure.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

“The onus is 100% on us to say: here is the value of being here,” said Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, a professor of computer sciences at University of Wisconsin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

His biggest positions were with Goldman, and Goldman was newly unable, or unwilling, to determine the value of those positions, and so could not say how much collateral should be shifted back and forth.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.