Synonyms of prizing

prizing 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of prize

1

as in prying

to draw out by force or with effort

prizing the stubborn nails out of the board

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prying
• pulling
• extracting
• yanking
• plucking
• removing
• uprooting
• tearing (out)
• wringing
• rooting (out)
• taking (out)
• withdrawing
• wresting
• corkscrewing
• mining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inserting
• installing
• instilling
• implanting
• stuffing
• jamming
• wedging
• cramming
• ramming

2

as in pulling

to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever

trying to prize apart the jammed gears

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prying
• pulling
• lifting
• elevating
• dividing
• levering
• breaking
• separating
• jimmying
• shifting
• hoisting
• detaching
• uplifting
• parting
• disengaging
• disjoining
• breaking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• connecting
• joining

prizing

2 of 2

verb (2)

present participle of prize

as in valuing

to hold dear

veterinarians know that pets are highly prized by their owners

Synonyms & Similar Words

• valuing
• treasuring
• loving
• appreciating
• enjoying
• cherishing
• respecting
• admiring
• regarding
• liking
• relishing
• revering
• reverencing
• fancying
• grooving (on)
• venerating
• esteeming
• delighting (in)
• reveling (in)
• digging
• memorializing
• caressing
• enshrining
• apprizing
• idolizing
• worshipping
• setting store by
• doting (on)
• adoring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undervaluing
• hating
• despising
• disdaining
• abhorring
• minimizing
• scorning
• scouting
• detesting
• loathing
• execrating
• disvaluing
• snubbing
• sniffing (at)
• slighting
• forgetting
• disparaging
• abandoning
• neglecting
• depreciating
• decrying
• belittling
• deprecating
• abominating
• writing off
• putting down
• crying down
• high-hatting
• bad-mouthing
• kissing off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prizing

Verb

The regime has been hollowed out by decades of negative selection—the result of rewarding mediocrity and prizing ideological loyalty over competence. — Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026

Rather than prizing animals for their beauty, their virile traits or their straight-up cool characteristics, frogposting is all about vulnerable animals—the dweebs of the animal kingdom. — Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025

Waters, who opened the Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse in 1971, is the chef most closely identified with the farm-to-table movement, which shares an affinity with MAHA in prizing sustainably grown, locally sourced whole foods; from that same soil grew the farm-to-school movement. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025