dearest

A beloved person; a term of endearment.

Adjective

  1. superlative form of dear: most dear
    • So I, made lame by fortune's dearest spite, / Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth. - 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 37”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to...

Derived

nearest and dearest

Noun

  1. A beloved person; a term of endearment.
    • I need to call my dearest and tell her the news.

Forms

dearests

Synonyms

beloved honey darling sweetheart