Synonyms for sterling
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : stur-ling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɜr lɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for sterling Other synonyms for the word sterling
Définition of sterling
Origin :- c.1300, "silver penny," probably from Middle English sterre (see star (n.)), from the stars that appeared in the design of certain Norman coins, + diminutive suffix -ling. The other theory is that it derives from Old French estedre "stater" (see stater).
- Sense broadened by 1560s to "money having the quality of the sterling," and c.1600 to "English money in general." A pound sterling was originally "a pound weight of sterlings," equal to about 240 of them.
- adj high-quality
- I presume half our people, on a pinch, could have brought the Sterling in.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Jack Pugh staid behind, the Sterling being about to load for Ireland.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The Sterling was short-handed this passage, mustering but four hands in a watch.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The Sterling loved to be under water, even in moderate weather.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- This voyage carried me to London for the first time since I left it in the Sterling.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- There are two Captains Cooper in the navy,--father and son,--but neither had been in the Sterling.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- She had money on board (the plunder of Malta) to the amount of L600,000 sterling.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- Mr. Severance was a man of many rare and sterling attractions.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- I had arrived with a purse of thirty thousand pounds sterling.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- For Jan it was only another proof that Tony possessed a sterling character.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
Antonyms for sterling
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