Dear

Adjective

 * 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)  noble

Noun

 * 1) A very kind, loving person.
 * 2) A beloved person

Adjective

 * 1) Severe(ly affected), sore

Adverbs for Dear
infinitely; adorably; admirably; delightfully ; affectionately.

Synonyms for Dear

 * darling
 * costly, expensive, exorbitant, valuable, high-priced, scarce, precious, beloved, cherished.

Antonyms for Dear
cheap, low-priced, common, inexpensive, worthless, valueless, despised.

Derived terms

 * oh dear!
 * dearly
 * dearness

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

Etymology 1
dere:, from deore:. Cognate with Dutch duur:, German teuer:, Norwegian dyr, Swedish dyr:.

Etymology 2
dere:, from deor:. Cognate with the above

Adjective

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: թանկագին, սիրելի
 * Bulgarian: любим
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: kære
 * Dutch: (teer),, , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:, φίλτατος,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: प्यारा,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: ionúin,,  dílis
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani:
 * Latvian: dārgs, mīļš
 * Lithuanian: brangus, mielas, mylimas
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Romanian: drag, dragă
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Urdu: پيارا, عزیز
 * Volapük: löfik
 * Welsh: annwyl


 * Bulgarian: мил,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Norwegian:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, , , , ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: ionúin,,  dílis
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani:


 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: scump
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: annwyl


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: дарагі
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * German:
 * Greek:, δαπανηρός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, महंगा (alternative spelling),  बहुमूल्य
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 비싼,  비싸다
 * Kurdish:


 * Lao:
 * Latvian: dārgs
 * Lithuanian: brangus
 * Macedonian: скап
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: scump
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: скуп, skup
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: дорогий
 * Urdu: مہنگا
 * Vietnamese:, đắt tiền
 * Volapük: jerik
 * Welsh: drud


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: հարգելի, սիրելի
 * Bulgarian: уважаем
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,  ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, (always capitalized), Sehr geehrter
 * Greek: αγαπητέ, αγαπητή
 * Hindi: प्यारा, प्रिय
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: a chara
 * Japanese: 拝啓,   親愛なる


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: به‌ڕێز
 * Latvian: cienītais
 * Lithuanian: gerbiamas
 * Norwegian: ærede
 * Persian: عزیز
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, caro, cara
 * Romanian: stimate, stimată
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Urdu: عزیز
 * Welsh: annwyl


 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: lieve
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Irish: a chara


 * Japanese: 親愛なる,
 * Norwegian: kjære
 * Portuguese:, , caro, cara
 * Romanian: dragă
 * Russian:, дорогая
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: annwyl


 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian: թանկագին, սիրելի
 * Dutch:, , waarde
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: /


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: گیان
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish: señor, señora , ,


 * Dutch: (mijn)
 * Finnish:
 * Spanish: amigo, amiga
 * ,, compa mío , maestro mío
 * ,, compa mío , maestro mío


 * : estimat, estimada
 * : mio, drag
 * : kara
 * : kallis
 * : (agapiménos),  (agapitós)
 * : ayhupára (t-)


 * : caro, cara
 * : tersayang, kesayangan
 * : car
 * : sayang
 * : kjær, dyr
 * : swǣs (1)
 * : ప్రియమైన (priyamaina)
 * : ที่รัก(teerak)
 * : sevgili, sayın, değerli

Noun

 * Bulgarian: любим, възлюбен
 * Dutch: lieverd, schat


 * Finnish:
 * German:, , ,

Anagrams

 * DARE, dare, 'eard, rade, Read, read

Verb

 * 1) To draw (design).