Precious

//ˈpɹɛʃ.əs//

Synonyms for "precious" (211 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Strong matches (63)

Related words (105)

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Translations

129 translations across 77 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kosbaar adj (of high value or worth)

Albanian

1 entries
  • i çmuar adj (of high value or worth)

Arabic

1 entries
  • ثَمِين adj (of high value or worth)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թանկարժեք adj (of high value or worth)

Asturian

1 entries
  • preciosu adj (of high value or worth)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qiymətli adj (of high value or worth)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • дарагі́ adj (of high value or worth)
  • кашто́ўны adj (of high value or worth)

Bengali

1 entries
  • মূল্যবান adj (of high value or worth)

Breton

1 entries
  • prizius adj (of high value or worth)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • любим adj (regarded with love)
  • скъп adj (of high value or worth)
  • скъпоце́нен adj (of high value or worth)
  • це́нен adj (of high value or worth)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အဖိုးတန် adj (of high value or worth)

Catalan

1 entries
  • preciós adj (of high value or worth)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎦᎸᏉᏗ adj (of high value or worth)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 寶貴 /宝贵 adj (of high value or worth)

Czech

3 entries
  • drahocenný adj (of high value or worth)
  • drahý adj (of high value or worth)
  • vzácný adj (of high value or worth)

Danish

1 entries
  • dyrebar adj (of high value or worth)

Dutch

2 entries
  • kostbaar adj (of high value or worth)
  • waardevol adj (of high value or worth)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • altvalora adj (of high value or worth)
  • kara adj (of high value or worth)
  • kosta adj (of high value or worth)
  • valorega adj (of high value or worth)

Estonian

1 entries
  • väärtuslik adj (of high value or worth)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kallisarvoinen adj (of high value or worth)

French

1 entries
  • précieux adj (of high value or worth)

Galician

1 entries
  • precioso adj (of high value or worth)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ძვირფასი adj (of high value or worth)

German

4 entries
  • kitschig adj (contrived to be cute)
  • kostbar adj (of high value or worth)
  • süßlich adj (contrived to be cute)
  • wertvoll adj (of high value or worth)

Greek

3 entries
  • επιτηδευμένος adj (contrived to be cute)
  • πολύτιμος adj (of high value or worth)
  • πολύτιμος adj (regarded with love)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • hiwahiwa adj (of high value or worth)
  • makamae adj (of high value or worth)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • יָקָר adj (of high value or worth)
  • יָקָר adj (regarded with love)

Hindi

2 entries
  • क़ीमती adj (of high value or worth)
  • प्यारा adj (of high value or worth)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • becses adj (of high value or worth)
  • drága adj (of high value or worth)
  • értékes adj (of high value or worth)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • dýrmætur adj (of high value or worth)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • berharga adj (of high value or worth)

Irish

3 entries
  • luachmhar adj (of high value or worth)
  • lómhar adj (of high value or worth)
  • maoineach adj (of high value or worth)

Italian

4 entries
  • adorato adj (regarded with love)
  • prezioso adj (of high value or worth)
  • prezioso adj (regarded with love)
  • unico adj (regarded with love)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 大切な adj (of high value or worth)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಅತ್ಯಮೂಲ್ಯ adj (of high value or worth)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • асыл adj (of high value or worth)
  • қимас adj (of high value or worth)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ដ៏មានតម្លៃ adj (of high value or worth)

Korean

1 entries
  • 귀중한 adj (of high value or worth)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • асыл adj (of high value or worth)
  • кымбаттуу adj (of high value or worth)

Lao

1 entries
  • ມີຄ່າ adj (of high value or worth)

Latin

1 entries
  • pretiōsus adj (of high value or worth)

Latvian

1 entries
  • dārgs adj (of high value or worth)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • brangus adj (of high value or worth)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • скап adj (of high value or worth)
  • скапоцен adj (of high value or worth)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പിലയേറിയ adj (of high value or worth)

Maltese

1 entries
  • prezzjuż adj (of high value or worth)

Marathi

1 entries
  • मूल्यवान adj (of high value or worth)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • үнэгэн adj (of high value or worth)

Māori

4 entries
  • marihi adj (of high value or worth)
  • matahīapo adj (of high value or worth)
  • mōmōhanga adj (of high value or worth)
  • puiaki adj (of high value or worth)

Nepali

1 entries
  • अमूल्य adj (of high value or worth)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • dyrebar adj (of high value or worth)

Occitan

1 entries
  • preciós adj (of high value or worth)

Old Occitan

1 entries
  • precios adj (of high value or worth)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • عزیز adj (of high value or worth)
  • عزیز adj (regarded with love)

Persian

1 entries
  • گرانبها adj (of high value or worth)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • leef adj (regarded with love)

Polish

3 entries
  • cenny adj (of high value or worth)
  • drogi adj (of high value or worth)
  • drogocenny adj (of high value or worth)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • precioso adj (of high value or worth)

Romanian

1 entries
  • prețios adj (of high value or worth)

Russian

3 entries
  • дорого́й adj (of high value or worth)
  • драгоце́нный adj (of high value or worth)
  • це́нный adj (of high value or worth)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • luachmhor adj (of high value or worth)
  • prìseil adj (of high value or worth)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • drag adj (of high value or worth)
  • dragocen adj (of high value or worth)
  • драг adj (of high value or worth)
  • драгоцен adj (of high value or worth)

Slovak

2 entries
  • drahý adj (of high value or worth)
  • vzácny adj (of high value or worth)

Slovene

1 entries
  • dragocen adj (of high value or worth)

Spanish

1 entries
  • precioso adj (of high value or worth)

Swedish

1 entries
  • dyrbar adj (of high value or worth)

Tajik

2 entries
  • гаронбаҳо adj (of high value or worth)
  • қиматбаҳо adj (of high value or worth)

Tamil

2 entries
  • விலைமதிப்பற்ற adj (of high value or worth)
  • விலையுர்ந்த adj (of high value or worth)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అమూల్యమైన adj (of high value or worth)

Thai

2 entries
  • มีค่า adj (of high value or worth)
  • มีประโยชน์ adj (of high value or worth)

Turkish

4 entries
  • değerli adj (of high value or worth)
  • değerli adj (regarded with love)
  • kıymetli adj (of high value or worth)
  • kıymetli adj (regarded with love)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gymmatbaha adj (of high value or worth)

Tày

1 entries
  • bắt adj (of high value or worth)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • дороги́й adj (of high value or worth)
  • дорогоці́нний adj (of high value or worth)
  • кошто́вний adj (of high value or worth)

Urdu

1 entries
  • قیمتی adj (of high value or worth)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • qimmat adj (of high value or worth)
  • qimmatbaho adj (of high value or worth)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • quý adj (of high value or worth)
  • quý báu adj (of high value or worth)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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Your friendship is most precious to me.

Source: tatoeba (16871)

Gold is more precious than iron.

Source: tatoeba (18579)

Gold is more precious than any other metal.

Source: tatoeba (18601)

Nothing is as precious as friendship.

Source: tatoeba (24608)

Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.