Synonyms for cost
kɔst, kɒstcost

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1. costverb

   To accost is to speak first, to friend or stranger, generally with a view to opening conversation; greet is not so distinctly limited, since one may return another's greeting; greet and hail may imply but a passing word; greeting may be altogether silent; to hail is to greet in a loud-voiced and commonly hearty and joyous way, as appears in the expression "hail fellow, well met." To salute is to greet with special token of respect, as a soldier his commander. To apostrophize is to solemnly address some person or personified attribute apart from the audience to whom one is speaking; as, a preacher may apostrophize virtue, the saints of old, or even the Deity. To appeal is strictly to call for some form of help or support. Address is slightly more formal than accost or greet, though it may often be interchanged with them. One may address another at considerable length or in writing; he accosts orally and briefly.

   Synonyms:
   address, address, apostrophize, appeal, approach, court, greet, hail, salute, speak to, woo

   Antonyms:
   avoid, cut, elude, ignore, overlook, pass, pass by, shun

   Preposition:
   Address the memorial to the legislature; the president addressed the people in an eloquent speech; he addressed an intruder with indignation.

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1. cost

   Synonyms:
   require, consume, absorb

   Antonyms:
   bring, produce, yield, afford, fetch, return

2. costnoun

   Synonyms:
   expenditure, outlay, disbursement, payment, compensation, price, worth, expense, charge, outgoings

   Antonyms:
   receipt, income, emolument, return, profit, perquisite, revenue

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. costnoun

   the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

   Synonyms:
   monetary value, price, toll

2. monetary value, price, costnoun

   the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)

   "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"

   Synonyms:
   monetary value, terms, price, damage, toll

3. price, cost, tollverb

   value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something

   "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"

   Synonyms:
   monetary value, price, terms, damage, toll, bell

4. cost, beverb

   be priced at

   "These shoes cost $100"

   Synonyms:
   make up, comprise, follow, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, be, represent

5. costverb

   require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice

   "This mistake cost him his job"

   Synonyms:
   be

Matched Categories

1. • Demand
   • Outgo

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1. cort

   low cort

   Submitted by anonymous on December 1, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. costverb

   Synonyms:
   be had for, be exchanged for, be bought for

2. costverb

   Synonyms:
   require to be suffered

3. costnoun

   Synonyms:
   expense, charge, price

4. costnoun

   Synonyms:
   loss, detriment, damage, pain, suffering

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1. costnoun

   Synonyms:
   charge, expense, price, outlay, detriment, loss

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1. List of paraphrases for "cost":

   costs, expenses, price, expense, expenditure, fee, costing, fees, expenditures, coût, spending, coste, charges, charge, costo, costa, fresh, âgés, coûts, prices

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1. Tidjane Thiam:

   Today, we are announcing an increase to our 2018 cost reduction target from 3.5 billion Swiss francs gross savings to at least 4.3 billion francs, driving our absolute operating cost base below 18 billion francs by 2018. For 2016, we aim to achieve 1.7 billion francs in cost savings.

2. Doug Larson:

   What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living.

3. Arthur Ashe:

   True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others, at whatever cost.

4. Branden Condy:

   If it cost you money it will cost you confidence.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   The best two words to use, Build Back Better… are it, ‘lowers cost,' it lowers cost of child care. It lowers cost of health care… It lowers cost in so many ways that are essential to America’s working families.