PREMIUM Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈprē-mē-əm

Definition of premium

as in prize

something given in recognition of achievement encouraging Girl Scouts to sell more cookies by offering premiums

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adjective

as in expensive

commanding a large price lavish feasts at which premium wines flowed freely

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Recent Examples of premium

Noun

In a post on X in July, Oz claimed that most Medicare recipients will not see their premiums go up by no more than $10 and some may see even lower premiums. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 Stuber paid premiums to get filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Alfonso Cuarón and Rian Johnson on the service. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Adjective

There are also premium leather briefcases, travel bags, and overnight bags, priced $2,000 to $3,000. — David Moin, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 Selvedge is now synonymous with premium denim worldwide, and the mills of Okayama supply fabric to high-end jeans makers far beyond Japan, for garments selling at hundreds, even thousands of dollars. — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for premium

Recent Examples of Synonyms for premium

Noun

An image of ink droplets inside a printer has won first prize at the Nikon Small World photomicrography competition, which focuses on images taken through a microscope.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Congratulations to Zane Li, who has now won enough young-designer prizes to have something like an EGOT, and to Aisling Camps and Emily Dawn Long, who are this year’s runners-up.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of prize

Adjective

They were showered with expensive clothes, spa treatments, and drugs, and given weekly allowances ranging from $150 to $200.

— Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Why concert tickets keep getting more expensive Artists, promoters, venues, and ticketing platforms all take a cut of each ticket.

— James LaForge, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of expensive

Adjective

The channel needed to retain its biggest names to keep the channel valuable to cable and satellite TV providers who pay to carry it.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
The bull case for the world’s most valuable company and the bull case for the build-out are now essentially the same case, and Morgan Stanley’s North America Insight, led by Nicholas Lentini, makes both.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of valuable

Noun

Over the course of her long career, Curtis, 67, has developed a lengthy résumé in film and television, winning numerous accolades along the way, including an Oscar and an Emmy (she’s been nominated for a Grammy too — there’s still time for an EGOT).

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Women who've accepted their past mistakes aren't used to accepting accolades.

— Noel Brennan, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of accolade

Adjective

Bolsonaro made a tough-on-crime approach the cornerstone of his campaign and pledged to bring down food costs while Lula, trying to lure undecided voters, has invested in costly incentives.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Both player's made birdies at the 17th, but a costly miss for Ryu at the 18th allowed Yoshida to clinch it, despite the Japanese golfer also making bogey.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of costly

Noun

The couple next returned to Princeton, and other honors soon followed for the poet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
And the two players in the Heat’s starting unit who haven’t yet earned that honor — Mitchell and Wiggins — are both considered quality perimeter defenders.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of honor

Adjective

As Eric Dane faced the final moments of his life, his family fought to hold on to every precious moment.

— Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
The interplay of precious metals with rubber and leather reinforces the brand’s more casual sensibility, distinguishing it from more formal men’s jewelry offerings.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of precious

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