dearest

dear·est
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UK/ˈdɪəɹɪst/US/ˈdɪɹɪst/

noun

A beloved person; a term of endearment.

“I need to call my dearest and tell her the news.”

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Meanings

adjective
  1. superlativesuperlative form of dear: most dear

    So I, made lame by fortune's dearest spite, / Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth.

    1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 37”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
noundearest (plural dearests)

plural dearests

  1. A beloved person; a term of endearment.

    I need to call my dearest and tell her the news.

    Synonyms: beloved, honey, darling, sweetheart

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA beloved person; a term of endearment.

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belovedhoneydarlingsweetheart

More synonyms by meaning

nouna beloved person; used as terms of endearment

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beloveddearhoneylovebabydarlingdearydeariesweetheartsweetie
Broader
lover
Also see
babybelovedbullydarlingdeardeariedearyhoneylassloveshugsugarsweetheartsweetiesweet thing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish rakkain
  • rakkaina beloved person; a term of endearment — see also darling
Hindi प्रियतम, प्रियतमा
  • प्रियतम (priytam)a beloved person; a term of endearment — see also darling
  • प्रियतमा (priyatmā)a beloved person; a term of endearment — see also darling

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

dearest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dearest

MLA

“dearest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dearest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dearest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dearest.

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