1. dear - Noun
2. dear - Adjective
3. dear - Verb
4. dear - Adverb
5. dear - Interjection
7. dear - Adjective Satellite
8. Dear - Proper noun
Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.
Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.
Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.
Of agreeable things and interests.
Of disagreeable things and antipathies.
A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
Dearly; at a high price.
To endear.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHappy the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear. Ovid
Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. Aristotle
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. Joseph Addison
Bargains are dear. Spanish Proverb
Experience keeps a dear school. Belgian Proverb
Everything dear is a woman's fancy. Irish Proverb