crown jewel

noun

1

crown jewels plural : the jewels (such as the crown and scepter) belonging to a sovereign's regalia

2

: the most attractive or valuable one of a collection or group

Synonyms

• boast
• credit
• glory
• honor
• jewel
• pride
• treasure
• trophy

Examples of crown jewel in a Sentence

The painting is the crown jewel of the museum's collection.

one of the company's crown jewels

Recent Examples on the Web

Louisville’s home is the league’s current crown jewel, as Lynn Family Stadium was built with the USL club and its sibling club (the NWSL’s Racing Louisville) in mind. —Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025

But decades later, the Kansas Speedway and Village West remain a crown jewel among STAR bond supporters. —Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025

With its own foreign distribution division, that puts Amazon MGM Studios in the pole position to handle international on its crown jewel franchise, that being Eon’s James Bond series. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025

The conglomerate’s crown jewel Samsung Electronics warned on Friday of sluggish sales of its artificial intelligence chips in the current quarter. —Reuters, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1643, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for crown jewel

• accrual
• nonfuel
• refuel
• renewal
• biofuel
• contextual
• nonrenewal
• nonsexual
• unusual
• cruel
• dual
• duel