Entry Word: worth

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities <money alone cannot determine the true worth of some things>

Synonyms account, merit, valuation, value

Related Words assessment, estimation, evaluation; excellence, greatness, perfection; consequence, importance, significance, weight; desirability

Near Antonyms emptiness, worthlessness; baseness, cheapness, inferiority, meanness, paltriness, pettiness, poorness; deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, unacceptability

2 the amount of money for which something will find a buyer <one surefire way to determine the actual worth of a painting is to sell it at auction> — see value 1