Synonyms for worthiness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : wur-thee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜr ði |
Top 10 synonyms for worthiness Other synonyms for the word worthiness
- address
- appetency
- arete
- asset
- assistance
- avail
- birth
- blood
- blue blood
- cachet
- caliber
- capability
- capacity
- celebrity
- charity
- chastity
- chivalry
- class
- conduct
- consequence
- consideration
- constitution
- courtliness
- credit
- culture
- desert
- desirability
- dignity
- distinction
- elevation
- eligibility
- elite
- eminence
- endowment
- ennoblement
- equivalence
- essence
- ethic
- ethicality
- ethicalness
- ethics
- etiquette
- exaltation
- excellence
- excellency
- faculty
- faith
- faithfulness
- fame
- fineness
- fitness
- force
- fortitude
- generosity
- gentleness
- gentry
- gifts
- glorification
- glory
- godliness
- good
- good habits
- good point
- goodness
- grace
- grandeur
- gravity
- greatness
- habilitation
- hauteur
- help
- heroism
- high society
- high-mindedness
- honor
- hope
- ideal
- idealism
- ideals
- illustriousness
- importance
- incorruptibility
- incorruption
- innocence
- integrity
- justice
- kindness
- loftiness
- love
- magnanimity
- magnificence
- majesty
- manners
- mark
- meaningfulness
- merit
- moment
- moral code
- morality
- morals
- mores
- nature
- nobility
- nobleness
- note
- parts
- patricians
- peerage
- perfection
- philosophy
- plus
- poise
- power
- prestige
- price
- principle
- principles
- probity
- prominence
- propriety
- prudence
- purity
- qualifiedness
- quality
- rank
- rate
- rectitude
- regard
- renown
- respectability
- righteousness
- rightness
- royalty
- ruling class
- saintliness
- scope
- seemliness
- self-respect
- significance
- society
- solemnity
- splendor
- standards
- standing
- state
- stateliness
- station
- stature
- status
- strength
- strong point
- sublimity
- suitability
- superiority
- talent
- temper
- temperance
- trustworthiness
- upper class
- uprightness
- use
- usefulness
- utility
- valuation
- value
- virtue
- weight
- what it takes
- worth
- worthiness
Définition of worthiness
Origin :- mid-13c., "having merit," from worth (n.) + -y (2). Old English had weorþful in this sense. Attested from c.1300 as a noun meaning "person of merit" (especially in Nine Worthies, famous men of history and legend: Joshua, David, Judas Maccabæus, Hector, Alexander, Julius Cæsar, Arthur, Charlemagne, Godfrey of Bouillon -- three Jews, three gentiles, three Christians).
- As in merit : noun advantage
- As in morality : noun ethics, honesty
- As in nobility : noun aristocracy; eminence
- As in virtue : noun honor, integrity
- As in worth : noun value, estimation associated with something
- As in caliber : noun capacity; character
- As in noblesse : noun nobility
- As in suitableness : noun qualification
- As in dignity : noun excellence, nobility
- As in greatness : noun nobleness of character; eminence
- To some, obscurity itself is attractive, from the hope that worthiness is the cause of it.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- Any other means to that end than such as should prove his own worthiness, He could not use.
- Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves
- She had come to the first real trial of her strength and worthiness.
- Extract from : « The Doctor's Family » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
- But worthiness and good deeds are not all only in arrayment.
- Extract from : « Stories of King Arthur and His Knights » by U. Waldo Cutler
- And much of the little power and goodness and worthiness that exist in me, I owe to him.
- Extract from : « The Return of Peter Grimm » by David Belasco
- According to what you can receive of any beauty, is the measure of your worthiness.
- Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort
- It cannot be worthiness to despise, or wisdom to neglect your mother's opinion.
- Extract from : « The Young Man's Guide » by William A. Alcott
- What it is our duty to do by Ramona, in such a matter as this, does not turn on her worthiness or unworthiness.
- Extract from : « Ramona » by Helen Hunt Jackson
- I'm not at all sure it isn't his worthiness, just as much as his mother.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- His worthiness they praised, and judged his deeds with tender dread.
- Extract from : « The Translations of Beowulf » by Chauncey Brewster Tinker
Antonyms for worthiness
- amorality
- bad manners
- badness
- condemnation
- corruption
- debasement
- demerit
- denunciation
- depression
- disadvantage
- disbelief
- disgrace
- dishonesty
- dishonor
- disregard
- disrespect
- evil
- fault
- hindrance
- humiliation
- hurt
- ill repute
- immorality
- imperfection
- impotence
- inability
- inadequacy
- incompetence
- indecency
- ineptness
- inferiority
- injury
- insignificance
- lack
- littleness
- lowliness
- meanness
- selfishness
- sinfulness
- smallness
- stop
- tininess
- triviality
- unethicalness
- unfairness
- unimportance
- uselessness
- vice
- weakness
- wickedness
- wildness
- worthlessness
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