Worthy (n.) |
Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous. |
Worthy (n.) |
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; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one. |
Worthy (n.) |
Of high station; of high social position. |
Worthy (n.) |
A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies. |
Worthy (v. t.) |
To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. |
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Worthy |
Family name |
Worthy Synonyms |
Praiseworthy, Righteous, Creditable, Estimable, Noteworthy, Laudable, Cum Laude, Exemplary, Applaudable, Honoured, Honorable, Worth, Valuable, Worthful, Magna Cum Laude, Honored, Meritorious, Meritable, Notable, Good, Honourable, Deserving, Sacred, Model, Quotable, Summa Cum Laude, Commendable, Worthwhile, Meriting |
Worthy Synonyms |
Suitable, Eligible, Desirable |
Worthy Synonyms |
Respectable |
Worthy Synonyms |
Good, Solid, Upstanding |
Worthy (Last Name / Surname) |
Worthy is the #4,040 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 8,795 people had that surname. |
Translations |
Worthy in Spanish |
Example Sentence (Quote) "A scholar who loves comfort is not worthy of the name." - Confucius |
Example Sentence (Quote) "An innocent Plowman is more worthy than a vicious Prince." - Poor Richard's Almanack |
Example Sentence (Quote) " And Marlowe, Webster, Fletcher, Ben, Whose fire-hearts sowed our furrows when The world was worthy of such men." - Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
Example Sentence (Quote) " And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel." - War |
Example Sentence (Quote) " And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love." - William Wordsworth |