Treasure

Quick meaning: Treasure is a noun meaning (literally, countable and uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.

Meaning

(literally, countable and uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively, countable) Anything greatly valued.
2. (transitive, of a person or thing) To consider to be precious; to value highly.
3. (transitive) To store or stow in a safe place.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To enrich.

Example Sentences

Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.

Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever.

She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet / Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet

It seems there was a worm that slept upon a pile of treasure, which it had zealously heaped up under a stone bluff.

Word Forms

• treasures
• treasuring
• treasured

Synonyms for treasure

Depending on context, synonyms include cherish, prize, appreciate, bedear, esteem, value.

Antonyms for treasure

Common opposites include despise, contemn, despect, disrespect, disdain, disesteem.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include value, prize, appreciate, cherish, gem, trove.

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