Synonyms for treasure
ˈtrɛʒ ərtrea·sure

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. treasure

   To cherish is both to hold dear and to treat as dear. Mere unexpressed esteem would not be cherishing. In the marriage vow, "to love, honor, and cherish," the word cherish implies all that each can do by love and tenderness for the welfare and happiness of the other, as by support, protection, care in sickness, comfort in sorrow, sympathy, and help of every kind. To nurse is to tend the helpless or feeble, as infants, or the sick or wounded. To nourish is strictly to sustain and build up by food; to nurture includes careful mental and spiritual training, with something of love and tenderness; to foster is simply to maintain and care for, to bring up; a foster-child will be nourished, but may not be as tenderly nurtured or as lovingly cherished as if one's own. In the figurative sense, the opinion one cherishes he holds, not with mere cold conviction, but with loving devotion.

   See synonyms for ABANDON; CHASTEN.

   Synonyms:
   cheer, cherish, cling to, comfort, encourage, entertain, foster, harbor, hold dear, nourish, nurse, nurture, protect, shelter, value

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. treasurenoun

   Synonyms:
   jewel, store, valuable, cash, bullion, accumulation, abundance, stock, wealth, riches, hoard, gem, paragon, model

   Antonyms:
   trash, offal, refuse, scum, dregs, dirt

2. treasureverb

   Synonyms:
   hoard, accumulate, save, value, enshrine, idolize

   Antonyms:
   scatter, squander, dissipate, disregard, disesteem, prostitute, waste, betray

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 6 votes

1. treasure, hoarded wealthnoun

   accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.

   "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies"

   Synonyms:
   hoarded wealth, gem

2. gem, treasurenoun

   art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

   Synonyms:
   muffin, gemstone, precious stone, stone, gem, jewel, hoarded wealth

3. treasurenoun

   any possession that is highly valued by its owner

   "the children returned from the seashore with their shells and other treasures"

   Synonyms:
   hoarded wealth, gem

4. treasureverb

   a collection of precious things

   "the trunk held all her meager treasures"

   Synonyms:
   hoarded wealth, gem

5. prize, value, treasure, appreciateverb

   hold dear

   "I prize these old photographs"

   Synonyms:
   value, apprise, appreciate, assess, apprize, hold dear, care for, respect, appraise, esteem, pry, prize, cherish, rate, take account, measure, evaluate, jimmy, lever, revalue, prise, valuate

6. care for, cherish, hold dear, treasureverb

   be fond of; be attached to

   Synonyms:
   prize, value, cherish, appreciate, treat, care for, hold dear

Matched Categories

1. • Art
   • Possession
   • Wealth

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. treasurenoun

   Synonyms:
   money (hoarded up), funds, cash, wealth

2. treasurenoun

   Synonyms:
   stock, store, reserve

3. treasurenoun

   Synonyms:
   precious thing, thing of great value

4. treasureverb

   Synonyms:
   hoard, store, garner, save, husband, lay in, lay by, lay up, treasure up

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.5 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "treasure":

   treasury, crf, treasures, cherish, trésor, tesoro, honey, treasuring, wealth, sweetheart, sweetie, treasured, po, cherishing, cherishes, precious, darling, hoard, jewel

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1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery or a large bequest to a poor family, does not permanently enrich. They have served no apprenticeship to wealth, and with the rapid wealth come rapid claims which they do not know how to deny, and the treasure is quickly dissipated.

2. Anthony D'Angelo:

   Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.

3. Maria Cecilia Mosquera:

   I treasure each and every photo as the seven hours we had with him, we can never get back -- except through these photos.

4. James Comeys:

   We'll fight about guns. We'll fight about taxes. We'll fight about all those other things down the road, but you can not have, as President of the United States, someone who does not reflect the values that I believe Republicans treasure and Democrats treasure and independents treasure. United States is the core of this country. United States's United States. And so impeachment, in a way, would short-circuit that.

5. Hesiod:

   Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.