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a pearl of great price
UK formalDefinition
› something that is very rare and is considered very important: Inexhaustible patience is a pearl of great price.Useful or advantageous
(Definition of a pearl of great price from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Useful or advantageous
Synonyms and related words:
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous adjective
- all-singing adjective
- amiss adjective
- asset noun
- expedience noun
- expedient adjective
- favourable adjective
- fecund adjective
- fodder noun (USEFUL PEOPLE/THINGS)
- foil noun (COMPARISON)
- pay dirt noun
- practicality noun (SUITABLE)
- preferential adjective
- productive adjective
- profitable adjective
- viable adjective
- wholesome adjective
- win-win adjective
- worthwhile adjective
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