treasure
Syllables: trea·sure/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/[ˈtɹɛʒɚ]
treasure noun: a collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
Noun
treasure (countable and uncountable, plural treasures)
- A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
- It seems there was a worm that slept upon a pile of treasure, which it had zealously heaped up under a stone bluff.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 39
- "Now," resumed Silver, "here it is. You give us the chart to get the treasure by, and drop shooting poor seamen and stoving of their heads in while asleep. You do that, and we'll offer you a choice. Either you come aboard along of us, once the treasure shipped, and then I'll give you my affy-davy...1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter XX, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
- Anything greatly valued.
- Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 19:5
- You have ſent me a Treaſure, and I vvould not ſhare time to tell you ſo, till I had ſomevvhat ſatisfied the thirſt I had to drink dovvn many of thoſe Excellent Sermons, vvhich I have ſo long deſired: […]1640 July 30 (date written; Gregorian calendar), [John Towers], “Upon the Sending of the First Volume of These Sermons to the Right Reverend Father in God, the Bishop of Peterborough, then My...
- A term of endearment.
- "Hello, Treasure," he said without turning round. For a second she hesitated, standing in the soft light of the lamp, the deep blue of the rug making a background for her, the black fur collar of her coat framing the vivid beauty of her face.1922, Francis Rufus Bellamy, A Flash of Gold
- 'My treasure!' cried the fond lady, 'why didn't you tell Auntie sooner?' and for reply Cyril hung his head and whispered the fatal insuperable excuse of childhood:
'I didn't like to.'1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
- The female genitals; pudenda.
Verb
treasure (third-person singular simple present treasures, present participle treasuring, simple past and past participle treasured)
- To consider to be precious; to value highly.
- Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever.
- I LOVE it, I love it ; and who shall dare
To chide me for loving that old Arm-chair ?
I've treasured it long as a sainted prize ;
I've bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs.1838, Eliza Cook, “The Old Armchair”, in Melania and other Poems
- Synonyms:
- cherish, prize, appreciate, bedear, esteem, hold dear, think much of, value
- Antonyms:
- despise, contemn, despect, disrespect, disdain, disesteem, look down on, misrespect, scorn, spurn
- To store or stow in a safe place.
- The rose-buds, withered as they were, were still treasured under his cuirass, and nearest to his heart.1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman
- To amass or collect together as though a treasure.
- He seems to have carefully treasured up all the tales he heard, and he wrote and published them, under the feigned name of Gian Alesio Abbatutis, in his native dialect, not long before his death.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 243
- To enrich.
Proper noun capitalized: Treasure
Treasure (plural Treasures)
- A surname.
- A female given name.
treasure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
treasure in Hindi
- collection of valuable things
- ख़ज़ाना xazānā, कोश koś, निधि nidhi
treasure in Tamil
- collection of valuable things
- புதையல் putaiyal
- term of endearment
- செல்லம் cellam
treasure in Marathi
- treasure
- निधि nidhi, खजिना khajinā
treasure in Urdu
- collection of valuable things
- خَزَانَہ xazāna, گَنْج ganj
More languagesFewer languages
- treasure in Bengali
- সম্পদ śompod
- treasure in Telugu
- నిధి nidhi, బొక్కసము bokkasamu, ధనము dhanamu
- treasure in Malayalam
- നിധി nidhi
- treasure in Kannada
- ನಿಧಿ nidhi
- treasure in Punjabi
- ਖਜਾਨਾ khajānā
- treasure in Gujarati
- ખજાનો, ખજાનું, ખજાનાની
- treasure in Odia
- କୋଷ koṣa
- treasure in Sanskrit
- कोश kośa
- treasure in Nepali
- खजाना
- treasure in Pashto
- خزانه xazāná, کونډال konḍā́l, ګنجينه ganjína
- treasure in Tagalog
- kayamanan
- treasure in Arabic
- كَنْز kanz
- treasure in Malay
- khazanah
- treasure in Indonesian
- harta
- treasure in Thai
- สมบัติ sǒm-bàt
- treasure in Vietnamese
- của quý, vật quý, người yêu quý, người được việc
- treasure in Myanmar
- ရတနာ ra.ta.na
Examples of treasure in a sentence
- You give us the chart to get the treasure by, and drop shooting poor seamen and stoving of their heads in while asleep.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter XX, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- I found the whole to answer your Account of it, a Heap of Jewels, unstrung and unpolisht; yet so dazling in their Disorder, that I soon perceiv'd I had seiz'd a Treasure.1681, Nahum Tate, The History of King Lear:
- She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet / Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet1946, Ernest Tubb, Filipino Baby:
Synonyms of treasure
Antonyms
Forms of treasure
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | treasures |
| alternative form (obsolete) | threasure |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | treasures |
| present participle | treasuring |
| past participle | treasured |
| past | treasured |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Treasures |
Origin of treasure
Inherited from Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Mostly displaced native Old English goldhord (See goldhoard) and Old English ġestrēon. Doublet of thesaurus.
Words formed from treasure
- blood and treasure
- eight-treasure
- entreasure
- non-treasure
- nontreasure
- one man's trash is another man's treasure
- one woman's trash is another woman's treasure
- the real treasure is the friends we made along the way
- treasure chest
- treasure city
- treasure flower
- treasure house
- treasure hunt
- treasure-hunter
- treasurelike
- treasure map
- treasure ship
- treasuresome
- treasure trail
- treasure trove
- treasure-trove
- treasurous
- buried treasure
- intreasure
- national treasure
- treasurable
- Treasure County
- treasureless
- treasurer
- treasuress
- treasury
- untreasure
Phrases with treasure
Words that rhyme with treasure
Questions about treasure
- What does treasure mean?
- Treasure means a collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
- What is treasure in Hindi?
- Treasure in Hindi is ख़ज़ाना (xazānā), कोश (koś), निधि (nidhi). See Treasure meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use treasure in a sentence?
- You give us the chart to get the treasure by, and drop shooting poor seamen and stoving of their heads in while asleep.
- What part of speech is treasure?
- Treasure can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce treasure?
- Treasure is pronounced /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/.
- What is the plural of treasure?
- The plural of treasure is treasures.
Words near treasure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: treasure (page history and authors); Treasure (page history and authors); खजिना (Marathi) (page history and authors); ధనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); നിധി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ನಿಧಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਖਜਾਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); treasure (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); କୋଷ (Odia) (page history and authors); treasure (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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