Thesaurus: worthy

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1. n. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
2. 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.
3. n. Of high station; of high social position.
4. 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.
5. v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero.
6. adj. having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
7. adj. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
8. adj. having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way
9. n. an word/important">important, word/honorable">honorable person (word is often used humorously)
10. A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for usefuland estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much usedin the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies;military worthies.The blood of ancient worthies in his veins. Cowper.
11. j:78/n:22 n. an word/important">important, word/honorable">honorable person (word is often used humorously) a. having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable s. having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way