precious

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ /หˆpreสƒษ™s/ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง /หˆpreสƒษ™s/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-B2
adjective
B2

rare and very expensive

The precious necklace was made of gold and diamonds.

B2

valuable and should not be wasted

Time is precious, so use it wisely.

B2

very loved and important

My family is precious to me.

R

used to show anger when someone thinks something is too important

Don't worry about your precious phone!

R

too formal and not natural

Her precious way of speaking made her hard to understand.

adverb
R

used to emphasize that there is very little of something

Precious little time remains to finish the project.

translation

adj. rare and very expensive; valuable and should not be wasted; very loved and important; used to show anger when someone thinks something is too important; too formal and not natural
adv. used to emphasize that there is very little of something

Synonyms

beloved adj. ๆทฑๅ—ๅ–œ็ˆฑ็š„, ๆทฑๅ—ไบบไปฌๅ–œ็ˆฑ็š„ adorable adj. ๅฏ็ˆฑ็š„ valuable adj. ๅ€ผ้’ฑ็š„, ๆœ‰ไปทๅ€ผ็š„ costly adj. ๆ˜‚่ดต็š„, ้€ ๆˆไธฅ้‡้—ฎ้ข˜็š„ special adj. ็‰นๅˆซ็š„, ้‡่ฆ็š„, ไธ“็”จ็š„, ไธ“ๅฑž็š„, ไผ˜่ดจ็š„ expensive adj. ๆ˜‚่ดต็š„ sweet adj. ็”œ็š„, ่Šณ้ฆ™็š„, ๆ‚ฆ่€ณ็š„, ๆœ‰็›Š็š„, ไปคไบบๆ„‰ๅฟซ็š„, ๅฅฝ็œ‹็š„, ๅ‹ๅ–„็š„, ่ตž่ฎธ็š„ lovely adj. ๅฅฝ็œ‹็š„, ไปคไบบๆ„‰ๅฟซ็š„, ๅ’Œ่”ผ็š„ dear adj. ไบฒ็ˆฑ็š„, ๅฟƒ็ˆฑ็š„ไบบ, ๆ˜‚่ดต็š„ beautiful adj. ็พŽไธฝ็š„, ๅ‡บ่‰ฒ็š„ favorite v. ็‚น่ตž, ๆ”ถ่—

Antonyms

loathsome adj. ๅฏๆ†Ž็š„ abominable adj. ๅฏๆถ็š„ odious adj. ๅฏๆ†Ž็š„ hateful adj. ๅฏๆ†Ž็š„ worthless adj. ๆ— ไปทๅ€ผ็š„, ๆ— ่ƒฝ็š„ inexpensive adj. ๅป‰ไปท็š„ forgotten v. ่ขซ้—ๅฟ˜็š„ unpleasant adj. ไปคไบบไธๆ„‰ๅฟซ็š„, ไธๅ‹ๅ–„็š„ moderate adj. ้€‚ๅบฆ็š„, ๆธฉๅ’Œ็š„, ๆœ‰่Š‚ๅˆถ็š„ reasonable adj. ๅˆ็†็š„, ๅฏๆŽฅๅ—็š„, ไปทๆ ผๅˆ็†็š„, ่ฟ˜็ฎ—ไธ้”™็š„ cheap adj. ไปทๆ ผไฝŽๅป‰็š„, ๅป‰ไปท้”€ๅ”ฎ็š„, ๅป‰ไปทๅŠฃ่ดจ็š„, ๅˆป่–„ๆ˜Žๆ˜พ็š„, ไธๅ€ผๅพ—ๅฐŠ้‡็š„, ๅๅ•ฌ็š„

Similar Words

previous adj. ๅ…ˆๅ‰็š„, ๅˆšๆ‰็š„ precarious adj. ไธ็จณๅฎš็š„, ๆ˜“ๅ€’ๅกŒ็š„ precocious adj. ๆ—ฉ็†Ÿ