gem
A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
Other meanings
Any precious or highly valued thing or person.
“She's an absolute gem.”
Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram.
Synonyms
- treasure
A kind of
- art
Related words
- begem
- gem clip
- Gem County
- gem cutter
- gemcutter
- gem-cutter
- iced gem
- gem-diol
- gem-diolate
- gem-faced civet
- Zanzibar gem
- gem-disubstituent effect
Word history
From Old English "ġimm".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “gem” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.