DIAMOND Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in gem

someone or something that is highly valued or admired With her rare all-round talent for sports, she was a diamond of a player.

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verb

as in to gem

to make more attractive by or as if by adding diamonds The ballroom soon filled with diamonded guests ready to dance.

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Recent Examples of diamond

Noun

As the saying goes, anyway, pressure makes diamonds. —

Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026 The lead officer at the scene, Michael Mazur, ordered the officers into a diamond formation, placing an officer holding a shotgun at the front. —

Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026

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Astrochemistry could also benefit from the idea that diamonds in meteorites and rocks may form through cosmic particle irradiation, rather than solely through heat and pressure. —

Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025 Now that Off the Wall has been elevated to diamond status, Jackson claims three such winners. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for diamond

Recent Examples of Synonyms for diamond

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The comment reignited global debate over the gem’s origins, its transfer to British hands during the colonial era and decades‑long calls from countries across South Asia for its repatriation.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 May 2026
The statement counts double for the Aeolian Islands and triple for the island of Alicudi, a gem in the Mediterranean Sea that has been a refuge for my family for 34 years.

— Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 9 May 2026