valuable
having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price: a valuable painting; a valuable crop.
having qualities worthy of respect, admiration, or esteem: a valuable friend.
of considerable use, service, or importance: valuable information.
Usually valuables. articles of considerable value, as of personal property, especially those of relatively small size: They locked their valuables in the hotel safe.
Origin of valuable
1synonym study For valuable
Opposites for valuable
Other words from valuable
- val·u·a·ble·ness, noun
- val·u·a·bly, adverb
- non·val·u·a·ble, adjective
- o·ver·val·u·a·ble, adjective
- o·ver·val·u·a·ble·ness, noun
- o·ver·val·u·a·bly, adverb
- un·val·u·a·ble, adjective
- un·val·u·a·bly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for valuable
/ (ˈvæljʊəbəl) /
having considerable monetary worth
of considerable importance or quality: a valuable friend; valuable information
able to be valued
(usually plural) a valuable article of personal property, esp jewellery
Derived forms of valuable
- valuableness, noun
- valuably, adverb
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