DIAMONDS Synonyms: 133 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of diamond

as in gems

someone or something that is highly valued or admired With her rare all-round talent for sports, she was a diamond of a player.

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verb

present tense third-person singular of diamond

as in jewels

to make more attractive by or as if by adding diamonds The ballroom soon filled with diamonded guests ready to dance.

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Noun

As for accessories, the athlete donned a silver Lié Studio The Margaret necklace dotted with diamonds throughout. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 23 Aug. 2026 Guinea is mineral-rich with huge deposits of bauxite — the largest in the world — and also has iron ore, gold, diamonds and minerals. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 This trend is fueled by gold's practical appeal as an investment, retaining market value unlike diamonds, especially with record-high prices. — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Posted up next to the dugout of one of the park’s three baseball diamonds were two young men, Amil Mendes and Jake Torres, warming up, stretching and getting ready to practice. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 If successful, the project could help researchers make more precise measurements and open ways to explore the fundamental nature of the universe by harnessing the quantum properties of tiny defects in diamonds. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026 The ring features a gradient of pink diamonds going down the band, and both of their deceased parents’ birthstones sit alongside theirs—one on each side. — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026 Until 1725, India was the world’s lone source of diamonds, and the stone, once weighing over 190 carats, was no doubt discovered in one of the country’s famous mines. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026 After posting a video earlier this week asking if anyone else couldn’t stop purchasing diamonds via TikTok, his comment section quickly flooded with more than a thousand replies from people across the country, all confessing their little secret. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026

Verb

However, the jewels Mary acquired throughout her lifetime serve as a sparkling reminder of her legacy, from the Cullinan diamonds to the Queen Mary’s bandeau tiara which Meghan Markle wore on her wedding day in 2018. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026 The Desert diamonds product assortment is a contemporary expression of individuality, authenticity and personal style. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 27 May 2026 Towering campaign images of Bella Hadid draped in Chopard diamonds wrap portions of the driveway, turning the arrival itself into a luxury advertising campaign. — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026 Jackie Jackson is opulently dressed for a football game, diamonds blazing on both hands, chandelier earrings, and black high heels under her trousers. — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026 The weekend showcased Chanel snow boots, one-of-a-kind furs, diamonds the size of ice cubes. — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026 Astrochemistry could also benefit from the idea that diamonds in meteorites and rocks may form through cosmic particle irradiation, rather than solely through heat and pressure. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025 Lucid in its clean, limpid minimalism, Mitchell’s prose was like a beautiful, clear river, its bottom not muddy but sparkling—sparkling with what might simply be gravel catching the light or, perhaps, diamonds worth diving for. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for diamonds

Noun

Ayrshire doesn’t get the headlines or rapturous odes that the Highlands do, but this rugged coastal stretch in southwestern Scotland is filled with under-the-radar gems like Glenapp Castle.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Here are five hidden gems for those seeking depth, authenticity, and a sense of discovery.

— Sofia Markovich, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026

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This approach traps companies in incremental optimization, which is building a better version of what already exists instead of building genuinely new things that customers could not have asked for yet.

— Nataliya Andreychuk, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The cave was used to film scenes with Polyphemus, the Cyclops who traps Odysseus and his crew in his cave before devouring several of the men.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Few jewels embody that idea as effortlessly as the tennis necklace, which has become a modern jewelry staple.

— Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Pearls are considered the most subdued of jewels, second only to the jet jewelry to which Victorian women were limited during their long periods of formal mourning.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

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