Sterling
Meaning of Sterling
- British money.
prices in sterling are shown
issues of sterling bonds
- short for sterling silver.
a sterling spoon
- (of a person or their work or qualities) excellent or valuable.
this organization does sterling work for youngsters
Middle English: probably from steorra ‘star’ + -ling (because some early Norman pennies bore a small star). Until recently one popular theory was that the coin was originally made by Easterling moneyers (from the ‘eastern’ Hanse towns), but the stressed first syllable would not have been dropped.
Information about Sterling
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Hyphenation of Sterling
Ster-ling
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- Sterling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Sterling synonyms
Meaning greatest:
Meaning extremely good; outstanding:
Meaning unusual; not typical:
Meaning exceptionally good:
Meaning magnificent; very impressive:
Meaning extremely beautiful, elaborate, or impressive:
Meaning inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous:
Meaning of very high quality; very good of its kind:
Meaning of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average:
Meaning deserving approval and admiration:
Meaning (of an action, idea, or aim) deserving praise and commendation:
Meaning arousing or deserving respect and approval:
Meaning relating to a star or stars:
Sterling antonyms
Meaning lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society:
Meaning not out of the ordinary; usual:
Anagrams of Sterling
lingster, ringlets, tinglers, tringles
Words that rhyme with Sterling
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