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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
    
2. Goods or money obtained illegally
   - loot, booty, pillage, plunder, swag [informal], dirty money
    
3. Something given as a token of victory
   - trophy

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

1. Of superior grade
   "prize carnations";
   - choice, prime, quality, select

Sounds like: prize

Derived forms: prized, prizing, prizes

See also: superior

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

Encyclopedia: Prize, California