You use dear to describe someone or something that you feel affection for. Mrs cavendish is a dear friend of mine. At last i am back at my dear little desk.

Precious â€often used in a salutation. How to use dear in a sentence. Synonyms for dear: Valuable, expensive, precious, costly, premium, high, extravagant, priceless; Antonyms of dear: Reasonable, inexpensive, cheap, moderate, worthless, valueless, discounted, … Loved or liked very much:

Antonyms of dear: Reasonable, inexpensive, cheap, moderate, worthless, valueless, discounted, … Loved or liked very much: Used at the beginning of a letter to greet the person you are…. Learn more. Highly esteemed or regarded. Used in direct address, especially in salutations.

Highly esteemed or regarded. Used in direct address, especially in salutations.