- Types Of Speech
- You can use precious as a adverb or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Precious
- A 2 syllables adverb and 8 letters with the letters c, e, i, o, p, r, s, and u, 4 consonants, 4 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ci. Precious starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pr, pre, prec, preci, and the ending characters are s, us, ous, ious, cious, ..
- Definition
- Obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Precious is set as a grade five word that starts with p, ends with s, 2 syllables, 4 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Precious in Pig Latin is said as "eciouspray or eciousprway".
- Unigram
- p | r | e | c | i | o | u | s
- Bigram
- pr | re | ec | ci | io | ou | us
- Trigram
- pre | rec | eci | cio | iou | ous
- Quadrigram
- prec | reci | ecio | ciou | ious
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- obviously contrived to charm;
"an insufferably precious performance";
"a child with intolerably cute mannerisms" - characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for;
"a cherished friend";
"children are precious";
"a treasured heirloom";
"so good to feel wanted" - of high worth or cost;
"diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"
- Adverb Examples
- extremely;
"there is precious little time left"
Synonym | Definition |
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Absolute | something that is conceived to be absolute something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control "no mortal being can influence the absolute" |
Academic | an educator who works at a college or university |
Accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy "an accurate reproduction" "the accounting was accurate" "accurate measurements" "an accurate scale" |
Ace | a serve that the receiver is unable to reach |
Acute | a mark ('') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
Acute Accent | |
Adept | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
Admired | regarded with admiration |
Adorable | lovable especially in a childlike or naive way |
Adored | regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) "adored grandchildren" "an idolized wife" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Precious
Anagram | Definition |
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Precious | obviously contrived to charm "an insufferably precious performance" "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms" |
View English words with the unique letters used in precious. Words With The Letters Ceioprsu
Name | Male | Female |
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Precious | No | Yes |
Laprecious | No | Yes |
Aprecious | No | Yes |
Preciousa | No | Yes |
Similar Word | Definition |
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Artful | marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors" |
Precious Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With S
- Spelled With / Contains Letters