Worthy

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  • adjective. Having worth, merit, or value.
  • adjective. Honorable; admirable.
  • adjective. Having sufficient worth; deserving.
  • noun. An eminent or distinguished person.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To render worthy; exalt.
  • Having worth; of high standing or degree; honorable; worshipful; excellent; deserving of honor, respect, praise, mention, attention, or the like; valuable; noble; estimable; virtuous; meritorious: noting persons and things.
  • Of high rank or social station.
  • Deserving; meriting: sometimes followed by of before the thing merited or deserved, sometimes by an accusative directly, and sometimes by an infinitive.
  • Well-deserved.
  • In keeping with the standing, character, dignity, etc. (of); fit; fitted; proper; suited; suitable: with of, for, or an infinitive clause.
  • noun. A person of eminent worth; one distinguished for serviceable and estimable qualities: as, Fuller's “History of the Worthies of England.”
  • noun. A local celebrity; a character; an eccentric: as, a village worthy.
  • noun. Anything of worth or excellence.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural.
  • transitive verb. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero.
  • adjective. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
  • adjective. Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; ; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.
  • adjective. Of high station; of high social position.
  • adjective. most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. having worth, merit, or value
  • adjective. honourable or admirable
  • adjective. deserving, or having sufficient worth
  • noun. a distinguished or eminent person
  • verb. To render or treat as worthy; exalt; revere; honour; esteem; respect; value; reward; adore.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
  • adjective. having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way
  • adjective. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
  • adjective. having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
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