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price·less
 priceless
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- pronunciation:
- praIs
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having a worth greater than any price or calculation; invaluable.
Besides paintings, the museum has a collection of priceless antiques.- synonyms:
- invaluable
- antonyms:
- worthless
- similar words:
- costly, incalculable, precious
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| definition 2: |
very amusing, delightful, or absurd.
The child's comment was so priceless I had to write it down.- similar words:
- adorable, amusing, delightful, hilarious, precious
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| related words: |
costly, expensive, golden, matchless, precious, rare, valuable |
adverb + (adj.)priceless
absolutely, truly
(adj.)priceless
+ noun
advice,
antique,
antiquity,
art,
artifact,
artwork,
asset,
cache,
chandelier,
collection,
commodity,
diamond,
display,
edition,
experience,
figurine,
furnishing,
furniture,
gem,
gift,
heirloom,
heritage,
insight,
instrument,
jewel,
legacy,
library,
manuscript,
masterpiece,
memorabilia,
memory,
mile,
object,
painting,
pearl,
pet,
piece,
possession,
publicity,
relic,
resource,
rug,
silver,
statue,
stuff,
tapestry,
treasure,
value,
vase,
volume,
wonder,
works
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| derivation: |
pricelessness (n.) |
The word priceless
contains the following part:
-less
Middle English
adjective-forming suffix
that means without
  More about this word part:
The suffix -less
attaches primarily to monosyllabic English nouns. However, -less
is a fully productive suffix, meaning it can be added to any noun to form legitimate new words.
Example words:
aimless, airless, baseless, blameless, bloodless, boneless, bodiless, bottomless, boundless, brainless, breathless, careless, cheerless, colorless, cordless, countless, dauntless, doubtless, endless, fatherless, fearless, feckless, flawless, formless, graceless, groundless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, jobless, joyless, listless, matchless, merciless, mindless, motionless, nameless, painless, peerless, penniless, pitiless, pointless, powerless, priceless, regardless, relentless, restless, selfless, sightless, soundless1, spotless, stainless, strapless, sunless, tasteless, thoughtless, tireless, useless, wireless, weightless, worthless
- synonyms:
- a-1, an-1
- antonyms:
- -ful1
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