crown jewel

noun

1

crown jewels plural : the jewels (such as the crown and scepter) belonging to a sovereign's regalia

2

: the most attractive or valuable one of a collection or group

Synonyms of crown jewel

• jewel
• treasure
• trophy

Examples of crown jewel in a Sentence

The painting is the crown jewel of the museum's collection.

one of the company's crown jewels

Recent Examples on the Web

Inside tip The renovation added a crown jewel to the spa; recover from a Lion’s Head hike with a scrub down in the only luxury-hotel hammam in Cape Town. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026

Artnet also notes that today marks the one-year anniversary of the Louvre heist in which thieves made off with pieces of France’s crown jewels. — News Desk, Artforum, 19 Oct. 2026

The mayor had talked for years about a vision of the Uptown Theatre as a new crown jewel in an Uptown music district, along with the Riviera to the south, the Aragon Ballroom to the east, and the Green Mill just down the block. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

The series is light-hearted and unserious, just like the rest of the shows that were Nickelodeon and Disney Channel’s crown jewels in the early 2000s. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1643, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for crown jewel

• accrual
• nonfuel
• refuel
• renewal
• biofuel
• contextual
• nonrenewal
• nonsexual
• unusual
• cruel
• dual
• duel