CROWN JEWEL Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

crown jewel

noun

Definition of crown jewel

as in jewel

an asset that brings praise or renown the city's crown jewel is an emerald necklace of lushly landscaped parks

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Recent Examples of crown jewel The October break-ins at the museum happened less than a week before the Louvre was robbed of the country’s crown jewels on October 19th, in a brazen heist that led to the eventual ousting of Louvre president Laurence des Cars. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 For most of its existence, the Tesla Supercharger network was both the automaker’s crown jewel and a walled garden. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026 The park’s crown jewel, Sylvan Lake shimmers below towering rock formations. — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 5 Aug. 2026 Critics viewed it as the commercialization of soccer's crown jewel. — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crown jewel

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Alexandra would wear the jewel in her coronation crown, as would her successors Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
In the latter days of the Shopping Mall Era, the Georgia Square Mall was a jewel of Athens commerce.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of jewel

Noun

Hong Kong — There’s a plucky little Qing Dynasty artifact that at first glance looks out of place among China’s many Forbidden City treasures.

— Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
The Jabara family loaded themselves and their treasure of berries into Sam’s black Dodge truck and headed back toward Mancelona.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of treasure

Noun

With their victory, Cameroon became just the fourth nation to lift the WAFCON trophy since 1998 and the third to win both the men’s and women’s Africa Cup of Nations (alongside Nigeria and South Africa).

— Emily Olsen, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
The 41-year-old is widely considered one of the best players in history, winning five Ballon d’Or awards in addition to a host of major trophies and record-breaking achievements.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

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