Your friendship is most precious to me.
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Precious
//ˈpɹɛʃ.əs//
Synonyms for "precious" (211 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (63)
duckducklingeffeteegregiouselaborateelaboratedelegantesteemedeuphemisticeuphuisticexactexpensiveexquisitefastidiousfavoritefinickyflagrantformalisticfussyglaring
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goldengongoresquegongoristicgood as goldgoody good-goodgoody goodygoody-goodygrosshallowedheld dearhigh-pricedhonhoneyhoney bunchhoney childhyperelegantidolizedinestimableintolerableinvaluableirreplaceablela-di-dalamblambkinlovelovedloverluxuriousmanneredmarinisticmethodicalmeticulousmincingnamby pambynamby-pambyniceof great priceorderly
Adjective(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (105)
ostentatiousout-and-outoutrightoverdoneoverelaborateoverelegantoverniceoverpreciseoverrefinedparticularpedanticperfectpersnicketypetpetkinspickypopularpositiveprecieuseprecieux
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precious heartpreciouslypreciseprecisianprecisianisticprecisionistprecisionisticpretentiouspricelesspriceypriggishprissyprizedprofoundpronouncedproperpunctiliouspuristicrankrarerechercheregularreveredrichsaccharinescrupulousshatteringshockingshowysimperingsnookumssophisticatedsqueamishstarkstark-staringstudiedsugarsuperlativesurpassingsweetsweetheartsweetiesweetkinssweetsthe veriestthoroughthoroughgoingtotaltreasuredunbearableunconscionableundeniableunequivocalunmitigatedunnaturalunqualifiedunrelievedunspoileduttervaluedvenerableveneratedwell-belovedwell-likedwhite-haired
Adjective(10 words)
Adverb(5 words)
Noun(2 words)
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Synonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
13 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
129 translations across 77 languages.
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.
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)
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