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1. Something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
   "the prize was a free trip to Europe"
   - award, prise [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Goods or money obtained illegally
   - loot, booty, pillage, plunder, swag, dirty money, prise [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. Something given as a token of victory
   - trophy, prise [Brit, Cdn]

1. Hold dear
   "I prize these old photographs"
   - value, treasure, appreciate, prise [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. [N. Amer] To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
   - pry, prise [Brit, Cdn], lever, jimmy [N. Amer], jemmy
    
3. Regard highly; think much of
   "We prize his creativity"
   - respect, esteem, value, prise [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
   - pry, prise [Brit, Cdn]

1. Of superior grade
   "prize carnations"
   - choice, prime, quality, select, prise [Brit, Cdn]

Sounds like: prise, pries

Derived forms: prized, prizes, prizing

See also: superior

Type of: accolade, award, consider, extort, fete, fête, gift, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], laurels, open, open up, reckon, regard, see, stolen property, view, wring from

Encyclopedia: Prize