Dear

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English

Adjective

Dear (comparative dearer, superlative dearest)

  1. Loved; lovable.
  2. Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
  3. Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
  4. High in price; expensive.
  5. A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
  6. A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
  7. An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior.
  8. (obsolete) noble

Noun

Dear (plural Dears)
  1. A very kind, loving person.
  2. A beloved person

Adjective

Dear (comparative more Dear, superlative most Dear)

  1. Severe(ly affected), sore

Adverbs for Dear

infinitely; adorably; admirably; delightfully ; affectionately.

Synonyms for Dear

Antonyms for Dear

cheap, low-priced, common, inexpensive, worthless, valueless, despised.

Derived terms

Thesaurus

admired, adored, affectionate, angel, at a premium, at great cost, at great expense, at heavy cost, babe, baby, baby-doll, beloved, beloved object, beyond price, buttercup, cherished, cherub, chick, costly, crush, darling, dear one, dear-bought, dearly, dearly beloved, deary, devoted, doll, doting, duck, duckling, esteemed, expensive, fancy, favored, favorite, fond, golden, good as gold, heartthrob, held dear, high, high-priced, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, honored, inestimable, invaluable, lamb, lambkin, light of love, love, loved, loved one, lover, luxurious, not affordable, of great cost, of great price, pet, petkins, popular, precious, precious heart, premium, priceless, pricey, prized, revered, rich, snookums, steep, stiff, sugar, sumptuous, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, top, treasure, treasured, truelove, unpayable, valuable, valued, venerated, well-beloved, well-liked, white-haired, worthy

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Middle English dere, from Old English dēore. Cognate with Dutch duur (“costly, precious”), German teuer (“costly, precious”), Norwegian dyr, Swedish dyr (“expensive”).

Etymology 2

Middle English dere, from Old English dēor. Cognate with the above

Translations

Adjective

loved; lovable
loving, affectionate, heartfelt
precious to or greatly valued by someone
high in price; expensive
formal way of addressing
an informal way of addressing the recipient in a letter's opening line
a formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly
an ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior
Translations

Noun

a very kind, loving person
beloved#noun — see beloved

Adjective

sore — see sore

Statistics

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [dʲaɾˠ]

Verb

Dear

  1. To draw (design).

Inflection

First Conjugation (A)
singular plural autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present dearaim dearann tú;
dearair† 		dearann sé, sí dearaimid dearann sibh dearann siad;
dearaid† 		deartar
past dhear mé;
dhearas† 		dhear tú;
dhearais† 		dhear sé, sí dhearamar dhear sibh;
dhearabhair† 		dhear siad;
dhearadar† 		dearadh
future dearfaidh mé;
dearfad† 		dearfaidh tú;
dearfair† 		dearfaidh sé, sí dearfaimid;
dearfam† 		dearfaidh sibh dearfaidh siad;
dearfaid† 		dearfar
past habitual dhearainn dheartá dhearadh sé, sí dhearaimis dhearadh sibh dhearaidís dheartaí
imperative dearaim dear dearadh sé, sí dearaimis dearaigí dearaidís deartar
conditional dhearfainn dhearfá dhearfadh sé, sí dhearfaimis dhearfadh sibh dhearfaidís dhearfaí
subjunctive present deara mé;
dearad† 		deara tú;
dearair† 		deara sé, sí dearaimid deara sibh deara siad;
dearaid† 		deartar
past dearainn deartá dearadh sé, sí dearaimis dearadh sibh dearaidís deartaí
verbal noun dearadh
past participle deartha

† Dialect form

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dear dhear ndear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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