priceless

[prahys-lis]

adjective

1. having a value beyond all price; invaluable.

   a priceless artwork.

   Synonyms: incomparable, costly, precious, irreplaceable

2. delightfully amusing or absurd.

   a priceless anecdote.

priceless

/ ˈpraɪslɪs /

adjective

1. of inestimable worth; beyond valuation; invaluable

2. informal,  extremely amusing or ridiculous

Other Word Forms

• pricelessness noun
• pricelessly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of priceless¹

First recorded in 1905–10; price + -less

Example Sentences

This is the very sentence that would become my priceless birthday gift nearly a century later.

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But now, Assumption Island's strategic position and ecological value is priceless.

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For these parents, their children's art is now both priceless and free.

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Leaving the limelight, getting broken and finding new love — and then almost losing her voice — Sarah McLachlan found new depths and heights in her priceless voice.

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The deflated expression on his face is priceless when he advises his lost “reporters” to rely on the Five Ws of reporting, and one asks, “Is that a gang?”

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