dear

Speech parts

1. dear - Noun

2. dear - Adjective

3. dear - Verb

4. dear - Adverb

5. dear - Interjection

7. dear - Adjective Satellite

8. Dear - Proper noun

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

darling love costly honey beloved dearest high-priced pricey good close expensive loved sweet valued steep
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Antonyms

cad Dracula fink rotter bounder common
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Hypernyms

lover innocent inexperienced person

Phrases with the word

My dear Dear Diary please excuse my dear Aunt Sally Dear Jane letter elementary, my dear Watson near and dear

Anagrams

dare rade read Reda Dera

Examples

Happy 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

Close letter words and terms

deanthropomorphisation deanthropomorphization deapply Dear Abby dear at any price dear brothers and sisters