invaluable
Extremely useful or precious.
invaluable in a sentence
- Her torch proved invaluable when the power cut plunged the house into darkness.
- Grandad's cookery tips proved invaluable when I baked my very first loaf of bread.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to invaluable?
- Auseless
- Bworthless
- Cpointless
- Dprecious
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D: precious. The other three mean the opposite of invaluable.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to invaluable?
- Auseful
- Bprecious
- Cpriceless
- Duseless
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D: useless. The other three mean nearly the same as invaluable.
Words that mean something similar
precious, priceless, useful
Words that mean the opposite
useless, worthless, pointless
More words about size & amount
- laden: Carrying a very heavy load.
- lavish: Very grand and costing a lot.
- liberal: Given freely and in large amounts.
- lofty: Very tall or high up.
- mammoth: Huge in size or amount.
- meagre: Very small in amount and not enough.
- mere: Nothing more than; only.
- miniature: Very small, like a tiny copy of something bigger.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test