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Another word for dear

Adjective

  1. Regarded with much love and tenderness

    2. See also:

    love

  2. Bringing a high price

    3. See also:

    value

    transactions

Another word for dear

Noun

  1. A person who is much loved

    2. Idioms:
    See also:

    love

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for dear

Modifier

  1. High in one's affections

    2. See also:

    beloved

  2. High in price

    3. See also:

    expensive

    valuable

    expensive

Another word for dear

Noun
    2. See also:

    lover

    favorite

    darling

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • I'll miss my dear brother.

  • "My dear," her father called.

  • And that wouldn't bother dear old Arthur?

  • Dear God, I hope not!

  • But our dear mother waits on us herself.

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