loved

Your loved ones are the most important people in your life, usually your family members and closest friends. The adjective loved can describe anything you especially cherish.

If you have objects, places, pets, or people in your life that you adore, you know what it means when something is loved. A toddler might insist on bringing her loved teddy bear everywhere. You'll often find this adjective modified by words like "well" or "much," and synonyms include "cherished" and "beloved."

Definitions of loved

1. adjective

   held dear
   “his loved companion of many years”

   synonyms:

   admired

   regarded with admiration

   adored, idolised, idolized, worshipped

   regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)

   beloved, darling, dear

   dearly loved

   blue-eyed, fair-haired, white-haired

   favorite

   cherished, precious, treasured, wanted

   characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

   best-loved, favored, favorite, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred

   preferred above all others and treated with partiality

   wanted

   desired or wished for or sought

   antonyms:

   unloved

   not loved

   alienated, estranged

   caused to be unloved

   bereft, lovelorn, unbeloved

   unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love

   despised, detested, hated, scorned

   treated with contempt

   disinherited

   deprived of your rightful heritage

   jilted, rejected, spurned

   rebuffed (by a lover) without warning

   loveless

   receiving no love

   unwanted

   not wanted; not needed