valuable

1. 1.

   something of value

   “all our valuables were stolen”

   Broadertreasure

   Narrowerswagprecious metal

Other forms of valuable

plural

valuables·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about valuable

What does valuable mean?

valuable means "having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in valuable?

valuable has 3 syllables: val-ua-ble. The stress falls on "val". In IPA it is /ˈvæljəbəl/.

What is another word for valuable?

Close synonyms include worthful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of valuable?

The recorded antonyms are worthless.

Is valuable a common word?

valuable is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with valuable?

1 word rhymes with valuable. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.