SELF-WORTH Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

self-worth

noun

as in pride

a feeling that you are a good person who deserves to be treated with respect He had a healthy sense of self-worth despite the ridicule he received as a child.

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Recent Examples of self-worth Tending to your self-worth and taking stock of your values could be a key step along the way. —

Maressa Brown, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026 This one encourages children to recognize their self-worth through Sapphie’s eyes. —

Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026 This eclipse highlights self-worth. —

Christina Pérez, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2026 Crime 101 takes the same view of quid pro quo as the most basic form of American commerce and makes simple but brutal points about value and self-worth, where your car, its year, make and model, matters more than your resumé. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for self-worth

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Country pride, seeding for the rest of the tournament and Olympic implications (the top two teams in the tournament from the Americas outside of the United States automatically qualify for the 2028 Summer Games) were on the line.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Helen Arevalo, one of the guides on the boat who is herself a ribereño and grew up in a tiny jungle village called Nueva Esperanza or New Hope, spoke with pride of being one of the only women guides in the region.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2026