valuable
Other forms: valuables; valuably
Something that has worth is valuable. Often, valuable things are worth money, but a spy can provide valuable information that might save lives.
When you use this word as a noun — "Were any valuables taken during the robbery?" — you usually are referring to things that are worth money: jewelry, electronics, etc. As an adjective, the word covers more territory. A person can be a valuable addition to a team if she helps it win. The most valuable things in life have nothing to do with money: friends, family, good health. If it is something we want, need, or respect, then it is valuable.
Definitions of valuable
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having worth or merit or value
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having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange“a valuable diamond”
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Synonyms:
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expensive
high in price or charging high prices
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important, of import
of great significance or value
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blue-chip
extremely valuable
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invaluable, priceless
having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
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precious
of high worth or cost
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rich
of great worth or quality
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semiprecious
used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones
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worth
having a specified value
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worthy
having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
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Antonyms:
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worthless
lacking in usefulness or value
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chaffy
value
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good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry
without merit
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manky
inferior and worthless
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negligible, paltry, trifling
not worth considering
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nugatory
of no real value
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otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
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rubbishy, trashy
cheap and inferior; of no value
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tinpot
inferior (especially of a country's leadership)
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valueless
of no value
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unworthy
lacking in value or merit
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expensive
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something of value“all our valuables were stolen”
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swag
valuable goods
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precious metal
any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry
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bullion
a mass of precious metal
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gold
coins made of gold
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silver
coins made of silver
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type of:
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hoarded wealth, treasure
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
Pronunciation
US
/ˈvælj(əw)əbəl/
UK
/ˈvæljəbəl/
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