Precious

What do we mean by precious?

Of high cost or worth; valuable. adjective

Highly esteemed; cherished. adjective

Dear; beloved. adjective

Affectedly dainty or overrefined. adjective

Thoroughgoing; unmitigated. adjective

One who is dear or beloved; a darling. noun

Used as an intensive. adverb

Of great price; costly; having a high money-value.

Of great worth; held in high esteem; intrinsically valuable.

Worthless; good-for-nothing.

Considerable; great.

Particular; scrupulous; fastidious; over-nice.

Synonyms and Costly, etc. See valuable.

Very; exceedingly; extremely.

Affectedly fastidious, especially in the use of words; finically refined in one's literary style or artistic taste.

Characterized by a strained or affected refinement of style, in literature or art; affectedly fine.

Of great price; costly. adjective

Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved. adjective

Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. Précieuse, Preciosity. adjective

The uncommon and highly valuable metals, esp. gold and silver. adjective

Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling.

Words that are spelled similarly to precious:
precious, previous, premious, prescious, parecious, specious, precarious, precocious, gracious, precis, predacious, regious, precises, diecious, triecious, tricious, brocious, precio, previus, precies, pectous, preciosa, grevious, pretiosus, precooks, precieux, paroecious, precogs.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word precious:
metals, rubies, gems, stones, pearls, bullion, jewels, sapphire, jewellery, palladium, relic, gem, commodity, relics, jewelry, jewel, treasures, commodities, metal, minerals, diamonds, ivory, jade, mined, coins, treasure, gifts, blood, platinum, memories, objects, silver, coin, gold, hearts, moments, artifacts, copper, coral, items, gift, mineral, diamond, ore, cargo, materials, woods, marble, resource, deposits, currency, mining, stolen, pearl, stone, decorated, thing, valuable, wealth, sacred, presents, angel, crown, mines.

Words that rhyme with precious:
semiprecious, enmesh us, refresh us.

Adjectives that are often used to describe precious:
more, little, most, many, semi, right, least, full, non, dear, christ, godly.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective precious:
stones, metals, time, metal, blood, stone, gift, things, thing, possession, moments, gems, jewels, jewel, commodity, gifts, treasure, objects, hours, resources, cargo, possessions, resource, minutes, child, relics, materials, relic, water, heritage, ointment, lives, souls, treasures, document, moment, material, memories, burden, gem, book, seed, object, books, seconds, promises, documents, fruit, son, liquid, opportunity, legacy, daughter, asset, minerals, soul, memory, truth, manuscripts, gold, volume, fluid, freight, contents, commodities, pearl, charge, articles, woods, piece, letter, faith, goods, ornaments, truths, baby, ore, quality, pearls, fruits, items, substance, marbles, stuff, collection, privilege.

Words that sound like precious:
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