Synonyms

valued

American

[val-yood] / ˈvæl yud /

adjective

highly regarded or esteemed.

a valued friend.
estimated; appraised.

jewels valued at $100,000.
having value of a specified kind.

a triple-valued offer.

Other Word Forms

nonvalued adjective
quasi-valued adjective
self-valued adjective
unvalued adjective

Etymology

Origin of valued

First recorded in 1595–1605; value + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Such companies are typically the polar opposite of AI stocks, which are valued on “long-dated payoffs, which, in my mind, are largely conjectural,” he says.

From Barron's

US oil giant Chevron and private equity firm Quantum Capital Group have partnered on a bid for sanctioned Russian oil company Lukoil's international assets, valued at $22 billion, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.

From Barron's

Paramount has argued that Warner’s cable networks aren’t worth as much as they are being valued at in the deal with Netflix.

From The Wall Street Journal

Batty also became a valued member of the various dressing rooms he inhabited.

From BBC

Its stock has rallied in recent months but still looks reasonably valued, trading at roughly 12.5 times forward earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023