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Worthy

/ˈwɜːði/ · adjective

Meaning

Having worth, merit, or value..

Definitions by Sense

  1. Having worth, merit, or value.
  2. Admirable or honourable.
  3. Deserving, or having sufficient worth.
  4. Suited; suitable; befitting.
  5. A distinguished or eminent person.
  6. (Confucianism) a good, wise and virtuous person.
  7. (transitive) To render or treat as worthy.

Example Sentences

These banished men that I have kept withal / Are men endued with worthy qualities
This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.
that such iron moulds as these shall have autority to knaw out the choicest periods of exquisitest books, and to commit such a treacherous fraud against the orphan remainders of worthiest men after death, the more sorrow will belong to that haples race of men, whose misfortune it is to have understanding.
1 And I saw in þe right hand of him that sate on the Throne, a booke written within, & on the backeside, sealed with seuen seales. 2 And I saw a strong Angel proclaiming with a loude voice; Who is worthy to open the booke, and to loose the seales thereof? 3 And no man in heauen, nor in earth, neither vnder the earth, was able to open the booke, neither to looke thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open, and to reade the booke, neither to looke thereon.
[I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, […]
It is not a conclusive proof of our being enlightened Christians, that we sneer and misinterpret bygone creeds, as though in the old Greek and Roman poetry were shewn nothing worthier than Fetish idols, rotten mummies, Australasian Ram-Jams and Ethiopian Mumbo-Jumbos.
No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway.
[…] whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.

Synonyms for worthy

esteemedlaudableveneratedwell-regardedadmiredapplaudedblesseddistinguishedeminentfearedglorifulglorioushonouredillustriouspricelessreputablerespectedreveredsacredtreasuredvaluedworthypraiseworthyvenerableadmirableallowablecommendablecreditableestimablehonorable

Antonyms for worthy

unworthy

Related Words

worthfuldeservingworthmeritablevaluablemeritoriousrespectableexemplaryhonorablecommendableupstandingpraiseworthyapplaudablelaudablegoodhonouredhonoredhonourablecreditablesuitable

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does worthy mean?

Worthy means Having worth, merit, or value..

What is a synonym for worthy?

Common synonyms include esteemed, laudable, venerated, well-regarded.

What is the opposite of worthy?

Possible antonyms include unworthy.

How do you use worthy in a sentence?

These banished men that I have kept withal / Are men endued with worthy qualities

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