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1. | Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous. | ||||
2. | 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; | ||||
3. | Of high station; of high social position.
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n. | 1. | A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; - much used in the plural; | |||
v. t. | 1. | To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. |
Noun | 1. | worthy - word is often used humorously |
Adj. | 1. | worthy - having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "no student deemed worthy, and chosen for admission, would be kept out for lack of funds"- Nathan Pusey; "worthy of acclaim"; "orthy of consideration"; "a worthy cause" Antonyms: unworthy - lacking in value or merit; "dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy"; "unworthy of forgiveness" |
2. | worthy - worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son" | |
3. | worthy - meriting respect or esteem; "the worthy gentleman" | |
4. | worthy - having high moral qualities; "a noble spirit"; "a solid citizen"; "an upstanding man"; "a worthy successor" | |
5. | worthy - morally admirable; "a worthy citizen" |