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Adjective
Significant in importance or esteem
Inspiring a sense of appreciation, gratitude, or high esteem from others
Verb
Past tense for to consider to be crucial or beneficial
Past tense for to like in an emphatic manner, or have a strong liking for
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Adjective
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Significant in importance or esteem
valuable
helpful
useful
expedient
important
significant
advantageous
beneficial
constructive
crucial
essential
favorable
US
favourable
UK
invaluable
pivotal
practical
vital
worthwhile
appropriate
critical
effective
good
imperative
indispensable
instrumental
paramount
profitable
admired
appreciated
auspicious
behooveful
beneficent
commodious
conducive
exigent
fruitful
fundamental
gainful
handy
in demand
key
meritorious
necessary
needed
opportune
productive
propitious
relevant
requisite
respected
rewarding
serviceable
strategic
timely
worthy
best
central
esteemed
estimable
hot
loved
of assistance
of benefit
of help
of service
of the essence
of use
of value
worth it
worth its weight in gold
hot property
scarce
worthful
positive
effectual
efficacious
suitable
benignant
benefic
efficient
win-win
advisable
lucrative
potent
powerful
kindly
gratifying
encouraging
sound
salutary
convenient
sensible
capable
successful
operative
friendly
facilitative
supportive
desirable
nifty
fulfilling
formative
informative
contributive
wise
prudent
meaningful
fitting
recommended
adequate
preferable
fortuitous
suggested
fit
promising
very helpful
excellent
enriching
to one's advantage
good for you
in one's interests
applicable
illuminating
economic
usable
remunerative
industrious
generative
judicious
apt
priceless
politic
substantial
strong
telling
virtuous
commonsensical
forcible
decisive
practicable
determinative
workable
tactical
agreeable
competent
proper
purposeful
assistive
seemly
recommendable
prosperous
contributory
uplifting
well spent
extremely useful
in one's best interests
for the best
to advantage
reliable
instructive
viable
unfailing
outstanding
satisfying
useable
valid
active
desired
plus
very useful
greatly appreciated
functional
sure-fire
wholesome
edifying
pleasing
energetic
of great help
benevolent
forceful
furthersome
lucky
aiding
influential
puissant
required
justifiable
sovereign
toward
nice
in one's interest
facilitating
well-spent
indicated
exemplary
inspiring
benign
comforting
cheering
gladdening
heartening
heartwarming
enough
worth living
adjuvant
subservient
pragmatic
worth the effort
saving
assisting
called-for
called for
providential
felicitous
moneymaking
precious
paying
welcome
inestimable
leading
productive of
calculated to produce
good for
promotive
helpful to
useful for
instrumental in
contributing to
favoured
UK
favored
US
happy
golden
bright
integral
consequential
irreplaceable
jammy
rosy
seasonable
fat
rare
choice
juicy
fortunate
rich
conclusive
qualified
treasured
going
lush
sweet
born with a silver spoon in your mouth
heaven-sent
well-off
all-important
extremely helpful
fructuous
sagacious
beyond price
logical
money-spinning
of great consequence
of the utmost importance
vitally important
financially rewarding
well-paying
well-paid
well
in the black
commendable
paid off
very productive
thriving
profit-making
commercial
cost-effective
money-making
booming
flourishing
dynamic
bankable
prolific
high-income
high-paying
commercially successful
advanced
acceptable
utilizable
US
decent
right
meet
consumable
salable
solvent
healthful
conformable
congruous
becoming
ample
sustaining
utilisable
UK
vigorous
fatness
profitsome
creative
self-sustaining
paying well
fertile
affluent
cost effective
wealthy
large
well-to-do
working
opulent
well-fixed
monied
deep-pocketed
loaded
fat-cat
cushy
flush
moneyed
silk-stocking
luxuriant
fecund
well-heeled
well-endowed
cornucopian
actionable
applicative
applied
ready
employable
operable
exploitable
available
ultrapractical
prepared
suited to the purpose
to the purpose
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Adjective
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Inspiring a sense of appreciation, gratitude, or high esteem from others
greatly appreciated
valued
recognised
UK
recognized
US
credited
treasured
acknowledged
prized
beloved
cherished
welcomed
held in high regard
highly esteemed
highly valued
regarded highly
valued highly
thought much of
Verb
▲
Past tense for to consider to be crucial or beneficial
valued
appreciated
rated
esteemed
rated highly
held in high esteem
held in high regard
had a high opinion of
thought highly of
thought much of
set store by
setted great store by
attached importance to
extolled the virtues of
embraced
respected
admired
prized
cherished
revered
treasured
loved
regarded highly
valued highly
venerated
adored
encouraged
endorsed
liked
relished
sanctioned
valorized
had a penchant for
had a predilection for
had a proclivity for
idolized
US
idolised
UK
put on a pedestal
worshipped
UK
worshiped
US
honoured
UK
doted on
honored
US
thought the world of
reverenced
cared for
adulated
looked up to
lionized
US
fancied
appreciated greatly
praised
lionised
UK
glorified
loved dearly
lauded
lavished affection on
extolled
deified
held in esteem
valued greatly
hero-worshipped
marvelled at
marveled at
desired
felt great affection for
thought very highly of
cared very much for
placed great value on
applauded
commended
hailed
regarded
favored
US
favoured
UK
exalted
paid homage to
apprized
doted upon
held in awe
had a high regard for
welcomed
found attractive
canonized
US
recognised
UK
carried a torch for
had an eye for
had a crush on
canonised
UK
delighted in
had the hots for
had a thing about
grooved on
mooned over
had a pash on
felt affection for
recognized
US
credited
acknowledged
marvel at
gone for
went for
fell for
fallen for
supported
nurtured
considered
held in the highest regard
hallowed
held in respect
wondered at
thought a lot of
guarded
enshrined
counted
wanted
embosomed
sanctified
fawned
cajoled
flattered
took to
taken to
attached great importance to
setted a high value on
placed a high value on
enjoyed
magnified
celebrated
petted
taken a liking to
brown-nosed
doted
taken a shine to
indulged
offered prayers to
took a liking to
held in admiration
pampered
prayed to
found irresistible
bowed down before
loved intensely
stood in awe of
took a shine to
bowed down to
given thanks for
gave thanks for
approved of
sang praises to
sung praises to
took pleasure in
taken pleasure in
put a premium on
acclaimed
complimented
commemorated
saluted
toasted
observed
aggrandized
dignified
distinguished
eulogized
US
decorated
ennobled
sublimed
eulogised
UK
rolled out red carpet
paid tribute to
idealized
US
heroized
approved
feted
idealised
UK
emblazoned
erected
panegyrized
upreared
deferred to
deemed important
held in great respect
held in regard
put a high value on
taken one's hat off to
took one's hat off to
solemnized
US
marked
monumentalized
memorialised
UK
memorialized
US
solemnised
UK
given key to city
big upped
bigged up
gave key to city
sung the praises of
expressed admiration for
sang the praises of
thought well of
given glad hand
kept alive the memory of
given credit to
expressed approval for
shown appreciation of
given accolades to
sang paeans to
sung paeans to
showed appreciation of
gave credit to
gave accolades to
looked on with favour
gave glad hand
spoke highly of
spoken highly of
taken off hat to
took off hat to
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Verb
▲
Past tense for to like in an emphatic manner, or have a strong liking for
loved
appreciated
adored
doted
enjoyed
fancied
liked
admired
found irresistible
preferred
venerated
adulated
cared for
chose
chosen
felt deep affection for
cared very much for
carried a torch for
esteemed
felt affection
felt affection for
went for
gone for
had a pash on
held very dear
overindulged
prized
became infatuated with
become infatuated with
became smitten with
become smitten with
delighted in
derived great pleasure from
developed a crush on
devoted to
doted on
enjoyed greatly
fell for
fallen for
fell head over heels in love with
fallen head over heels in love with
got a buzz from of
got a buzz out of
got a kick from of
got a kick out of
gotten a kick out of
got off on
gotten off on
gave one's heart to
given one's heart to
went a bundle on
gone a bundle on
gone on
had affection for
had a great liking for
had a passion for
had a penchant for
had a predilection for
had a proclivity for
had a soft spot for
had a taste for
had a thing about
had a thing for
had a weakness for
had it bad
liked very much
longed for
lost one's heart to
madded about
passionated about
pottied about
put on pedestal
really liked
took a fancy to
taken a fancy to
took great pleasure in
taken great pleasure in
took pleasure in
taken pleasure in
thought the world of
thoroughly enjoyed
thrived with
throve with
thriven with
wilded about
wilded for
feasted on
indulged in
luxuriated in
rejoiced in
wuvd
wuved
luvd
luved
relished
savored
US
revelled in
reveled in
cherished
dug
embraced
savoured
UK
derived pleasure from
hankered for
found appealing
treasured
valued
favoured
UK
favored
US
cottoned to
lapped up
gloried in
found pleasure in
grooved on
exulted in
found satisfaction in
liked to indulge in
wallowed in
had fun
lived it up
stuck on
delighted
had a good time
jubilated
had a ball
immersed yourself in
really enjoyed
took to
taken to
took delight in
taken satisfaction in
taken delight in
took an interest in
taken an interest in
took satisfaction in
got high on
gotten high on
took joy in
taken joy in
lived a little
gotten a thrill out of
got a thrill out of
taken great delight in
taken a thrill to
took great delight in
took a thrill to
basked in
held in esteem
had a preference for
had regard for
derived satisfaction from
thought well of
respected
had a liking for
found agreeable
had a fondness for
found enjoyable
found attractive
rated
got a charge out of
gotten a charge out of
went in for
gone in for
liked to
got a charge from of
felt affection toward
leant toward
had a high regard for
revered
leaned toward
had an affection for
rated highly
amused oneself
eaten up
ate up
drunk in
drank in
approved of
taken a shine to
got a bang out of
gotten a bang out of
took a shine to
fallen in love with
fell in love with
fallen in love
fell in love
reveled
US
revelled
UK
gloried
luxuriated
rejoiced
exulted
wallowed
crowed
hit it off with
triumphed
got a buzz from
gloated over
set one's heart on
drooled
felt self-satisfied about
tasted to the full
enjoyed to the full
indulged
desired
thrived
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
wanted
rollicked
basked
groveled
US
humoured
UK
pampered
immersed
humored
US
grovelled
UK
craved
indulged oneself
minded
desiderated
warmed to
coveted
crew
exuberated
endorsed
sanctioned
wished for
boasted
taken a liking to
took a liking to
dreamt of
yearned for
felt like
kvelled
joyed
celebrated
got a bang from
got a kick from
regarded highly
gloated
sighed for
got a thrill from
itched for
whooped
hungered for
boasted about
rubbed it in
greatly enjoyed
enjoyed oneself
bragged about
preened oneself about
hankered after
crowed over
smirked
had a yen for
vaunted
entertained oneself
had a craving for
thirsted for
piqued oneself on
crowed about
developed a liking for
patted oneself on the back about
pined for
had a yearning for
triumphed over
rubbed your hands
congratulated oneself on
got one's rocks off
had a blast
thriven
throve
took pleasure
taken pleasure
gotten pleasure from
got pleasure from
taken satisfaction
took satisfaction
crew over
crown over
taken delight
took delight
indulged yourself
given oneself up to
gave oneself up to
indulges yourself
got one's jollies
gotten one's rocks off
gotten one's jollies
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