priceless

adjective

price·​less ˈprīs-ləs 

1

a

: having a value beyond any price : invaluable

b

: costly because of rarity or quality : precious

2

: having worth in terms of other than market value

3

: delightfully amusing, odd, or absurd

pricelessly adverb

Synonyms of priceless

• invaluable

Examples of priceless in a Sentence

a priceless piece of information

The look on his face was priceless.

Recent Examples on the Web

Changing tactics and targets The incident comes nearly a year after the Louvre was targeted in an audacious raid, which saw thieves steal priceless items in just a few minutes. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

The passage about the group of hippies going out to the pueblo and giving the Native kids LSD and hooking up on the tribe’s sacred ground until they get run off is priceless. — Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

Importantly, all of this imaging was possible without damaging Scotty’s priceless fossils. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026

That’s one reason there are so many arguments over the value of a team, or an athlete, or sports more generally, as more and more money chases something essentially priceless—or misappropriated, depending on your view. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

priceless

adjective

price·​less ˈprī-sləs 

1

: too valuable to have a price : not to be bought at any price

2

: very funny or strange

a priceless remark