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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | costly; treasured |
| Synonyms: | admired, appreciated, beloved, cherished, dear, esteemed, expensive, fancy, high-priced, highly regarded, loved, precious, priceless, prized, respected, valuable |
| Main Entry: | priceless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | precious, irreplaceable |
| Synonyms: | beyond price, cherished, collectible, costly, dear, expensive, incalculable, incomparable, inestimable, invaluable, out-of-bounds, out-of-sight, prized, rare, rich, treasured, valuable, valued, without price, worth a king's ransom, worth its weight in gold |
| Antonyms: | cheap, replaceable, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | valuable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very important; priceless |
| Synonyms: | admired, appreciated, beneficial, cherished, collectible, costly, dear, esteemed, estimable, expensive, heirloom, held dear, helpful, high-priced, hot property, hot*, important, in demand, inestimable, invaluable, of value, precious, prized, profitable, relevant, respected, scarce, serviceable, treasured, useful, valued, worthwhile, worthy |
| Antonyms: | unimportant, useless, valueless, worthless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | respected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | esteemed |
| Synonyms: | admired, appreciated, beloved, honored, important, valued |
| Main Entry: | wanted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cherished |
| Synonyms: | appreciated, loved, treasured, valued |
| Antonyms: | abandoned, renounced |
| Main Entry: | admire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in high regard |
| Synonyms: | adore, applaud, appreciate, approve, be crazy about, be crazy for, be crazy over, be mad about, be nuts about, be stuck on, be sweet on, be wild about, cherish, commend, credit, delight in, esteem, eulogize, extol, fall for, get high on, glorify, go for, groove on, hail, hold in respect, honor, idolize, laud, look up to, marvel at, moon over, pay homage to, praise, prize, rate highly, respect, revere, take pleasure in, think highly of, treasure, value, venerate, wonder at, worship |
| Antonyms: | abhor, condemn, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, hate, scorn |
| Main Entry: | appraise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | judge, estimate |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, assay, assess, audit, calculate, check, check out*, deem, evaluate, examine, eye*, figure, figure in, figure out, gauge, guesstimate, have one's number, inspect, look over, peg, price, rate, read, review, set at, size, survey, take account of, valuate, value |
| Notes: | appraise is 'evaluate, size up' and apprise is 'inform' apprise means 'to inform'; appraise means 'to assess or evaluate' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze |
| Synonyms: | appraise, apprise, assess, check, check out, estimate, evaluate, examine, eyeball, inspect, investigate, measure, peg, prove, rate, read, see, size, size up, survey, test, try, valuate, value, weigh |
| Main Entry: | assess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evaluate, determine |
| Synonyms: | appraise, apprise, assay, check out*, check*, compute, determine, dig it, estimate, figure*, fix, gauge, guess, judge, nick, peg, rate, reckon, set, size up, size*, survey, take measure, valuate, value, weigh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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