| costliness | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. costliness, dearness, preciousness | the quality possessed by something with a great price or value. |
| ~ expensiveness | the quality of being high-priced. |
| expensive | | |
| adj. | 1. expensive | high in price or charging high prices.; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop" |
| ~ big-ticket, high-ticket | very expensive.; "big-ticket items like cars and furs"; "a big-ticket government program" |
| ~ high-priced, pricey, pricy, costly, dear | having a high price.; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant" |
| ~ costly, dearly-won | entailing great loss or sacrifice.; "a dearly-won victory" |
| ~ overpriced | too costly for the value.; "overpriced items at resort shops" |
| ~ valuable | having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange.; "a valuable diamond" |
| dear | | |
| n. (person) | 1. beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love | a beloved person; used as terms of endearment. |
| ~ lover | a person who loves someone or is loved by someone. |
| n. (person) | 2. dear, lamb | a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child). |
| ~ inexperienced person, innocent | a person who lacks knowledge of evil. |
| adj. | 3. beloved, darling, dear | dearly loved. |
| ~ loved | held dear.; "his loved companion of many years" |
| adj. | 4. dear, good, near | with or in a close or intimate relationship.; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear" |
| ~ close | close in relevance or relationship.; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" |
| adj. | 5. dear, devout, earnest, heartfelt | earnest.; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences" |
| ~ sincere | open and genuine; not deceitful.; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" |
| adj. | 6. costly, dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy | having a high price.; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant" |
| ~ expensive | high in price or charging high prices.; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop" |
| adv. | 7. affectionately, dear, dearly | with affection.; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately" |
| adv. | 8. dear, dearly | at a great cost.; "he paid dearly for the food"; "this cost him dear" |
| love | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. love | a strong positive emotion of regard and affection.; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" |
| ~ emotion | any strong feeling. |
| ~ adoration, worship | a feeling of profound love and admiration. |
| ~ agape love, agape | selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature). |
| ~ agape | (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind. |
| ~ filial love | the love of a child for a parent. |
| ~ ardor, ardour | intense feeling of love. |
| ~ amorousness, enamoredness | a feeling of love or fondness. |
| ~ calf love, puppy love, infatuation, crush | temporary love of an adolescent. |
| ~ devotedness, devotion | feelings of ardent love.; "their devotion to each other was beautiful" |
| ~ benevolence | disposition to do good. |
| ~ heartstrings | your deepest feelings of love and compassion.; "many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings" |
| ~ caring, lovingness | a loving feeling. |
| ~ loyalty | feelings of allegiance. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. love, passion | any object of warm affection or devotion.; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting" |
| ~ object | the focus of cognitions or feelings.; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" |
| n. (feeling) | 3. erotic love, love, sexual love | a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction.; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love" |
| ~ concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire, eros | a desire for sexual intimacy. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. love | a score of zero in tennis or squash.; "it was 40 love" |
| ~ score | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.; "the score was 7 to 0" |
| n. (act) | 5. love, love life, lovemaking, making love, sexual love | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people.; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life" |
| ~ sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice | activities associated with sexual intercourse.; "they had sex in the back seat" |
| v. (emotion) | 6. love | have a great affection or liking for.; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him" |
| ~ love | be enamored or in love with.; "She loves her husband deeply" |
| ~ cherish, hold dear, care for, treasure | be fond of; be attached to. |
| ~ dote | shower with love; show excessive affection for.; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins" |
| ~ adore | love intensely.; "he just adored his wife" |
| v. (emotion) | 7. enjoy, love | get pleasure from.; "I love cooking" |
| ~ like | find enjoyable or agreeable.; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels" |
| ~ get off | enjoy in a sexual way.; "He gets off on shoes" |
| v. (emotion) | 8. love | be enamored or in love with.; "She loves her husband deeply" |
| ~ love | have a great affection or liking for.; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him" |
| ~ romance | have a love affair with. |
| v. (contact) | 9. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| ~ neck, make out | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" |
| ~ have, take | have sex with; archaic use.; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" |
| ~ fornicate | have sex without being married. |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
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