Word Meanings - DEAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

AS. deóre; akin to OS. diuri, D. duur, OHG. tiuri, G. theuer, teuer, 1. Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive. The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. Shak. 2. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear

Additional info about word: DEAR

AS. deóre; akin to OS. diuri, D. duur, OHG. tiuri, G. theuer, teuer, 1. Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive. The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. Shak. 2. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year. 3. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. "Hear me, dear lady." Shak. Neither count I my life dear unto myself. Acts xx. 24. And the last joy was dearer than the rest. Pope. Dear as remember'd kisses after death. Tennyson. 4. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention. Of agreeable things and interests. leave you to attend him: some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. Shak. His dearest wish was to escape from the bustle and glitter of Whitehall. Macaulay. Of disagreeable things and antipathies. In our dear peril. Shak. Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DEAR)

• Darling
• Pet
• love
• sweet
• pretty
• dear
• favorite
• delight
• Expensive
• Costly
• valuable
• rich
• high-priced
• extravagant
• Precious
• Dear
• costly
• cherished
• treasured
• beloved
• estimable
• of great value

Related words: (words related to DEAR)

• SWEETLY
  In a sweet manner.
• SWEETISH
  Somewhat sweet. -- Sweet"ish*ness, n.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• SWEETING
  1. A sweet apple. Ascham. 2. A darling; -- a word of endearment. Shak.
• SWEETHEART
  A lover of mistress.
• VALUABLENESS
  The quality of being valuable.
• CHERISHMENT
  Encouragement; comfort. Rich bounty and dear cherishment. Spenser.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• GREAT-HEARTED
  1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
• GREAT-GRANDFATHER
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• SWEETROOT
  Licorice.
• TREASURER
  One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper authority;
• TREASURERSHIP
  The office of treasurer.
• FAVORITE
  Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II. Farquhar. (more info) p.p. of OF. favorir, cf. It. favorito, frm. favorita, fr. favorire to 1. A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with
• SWEETENING
  1. The act of making sweet. 2. That which sweetens.
• GREAT-GRANDSON
  A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
• GREAT-HEARTEDNESS
  The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.
• EXTRAVAGANT
  + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. 1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak. 2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained;
• PRECIOUSNESS
  The quality or state of being precious; costliness; dearness.
• PRECIOUS
  1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. "The precious bane." Milton. 2. Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections. She is more precious than rules. Prov. iii. 15. Many things which
• INGREAT
  To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby.
• ARCHTREASURER
  A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire.