What does priceless mean?
Word: Priceless
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Priceless means too important or special to be bought at any price.
Synonyms: invaluable
How do you spell priceless?
Syllables: price - less
Tricky part: The s sound in the middle is made by a c, not an s or a z. A child who spells it by ear picks the wrong letter.
Watch out for: priseless, prizeless
Memory tip: Coins, cash and cost all start with c. Let them remind you that this money word takes a c for its s sound.
Priceless in a sentence
Example 1: That old family photograph is priceless to my grandmother.
Example 2: The museum in Kolkata keeps priceless paintings behind thick glass.
Example 3: Time spent with good friends is priceless.
Fun Fact
It looks as though it should mean having no price, and in a way it does: the thing is so special that no price would ever be high enough.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
sleipcers
a) painless
b) pleasure
c) princess
d) priceless
Show answer
d) priceless. Princess needs an n, and the two others each need an a, so only one word fits.
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
price____
a) lesse
b) less
c) lass
d) les
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b) less. This ending means without, the same one as in endless.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
priceless
a) worthless
b) treasured
c) valuable
d) costly
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a) worthless. Something priceless is worth a great deal, and something worthless is worth nothing.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) preshious
b) diamund
c) priceless
d) expencive
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c) priceless. Diamond has an o before the nd, expensive ends in sive, and precious is spelt with ci.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these would a family most likely call priceless?
a) a spare plastic spoon from a shop
b) a sheet of paper from a rough pad
c) a used bus ticket from last week
d) an old letter from a great-grandfather
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d) an old letter from a great-grandfather
2. A guard watches a priceless painting all day. Why?
a) it has to be repainted each week
b) it can never be replaced if lost
c) it may slide down off the wall
d) it needs dusting every single hour
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b) it can never be replaced if lost
