WORTHIES Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

worthies

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plural of worthy

as in dignitaries

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Noun

Among the ships open for tours is the USS Arlington, a nearly 700-foot-long Navy amphibious transport ship, which typically moves Marines, Sailors and dignitaries across the world.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Taking place at the Hôtel de Ville, the event saw Emmanuel Grégoire, the Mayor of the City of Paris, welcome the Esports World Cup and dignitaries from the event and its partners to Paris.

— Mike Stubbs, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of dignitaries

Noun

These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

Definition of eminences

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In 1784, Hamilton sent Miranda a long list of notables who would be interested in South American intervention.

— Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
The cruise ship that capsized in Puerto Vallarta in 2021 and launched several gay notables into the sea.

— JP Brammer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

Definition of notables

Noun

For major memorials and monuments, that review can involve years of consultation before participating agencies and parties reach an agreement on how adverse effects will be addressed.

— Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
Though there are monuments and memorials — sidewalk plaques, benches, murals — sprinkled around the globe, there appear to be very few Jackson statues permanently displayed in the United States.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026

Definition of monuments

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Eximious had a royal warrant, a seal of approval issued to those supplying goods to royal personages, from then-Prince Charles.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
Good historians and talented fiction writers can tease out human qualities from such personages while acknowledging their fundamental distance from our own time.

— Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of personages

Noun

Leipzig had locker room issues a few years ago, when a few players were regarded as not pulling their weight — and Schlager was one of the senior figures who challenged them and urged them to improve their mentality.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Those figures are comparable only in some respects because private transaction values can include debt while public market capitalizations do not.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of figures

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Each strike and counterstrike chipped away at the pillars of the agreement, which has now collapsed, though there are still efforts to salvage it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
The brighter silver paint contrasting the greenhouse and A and D pillars against the darker bronze lower body somewhat detracts from the overall look.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026

Definition of pillars

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During a visit in March, the two-room space served as the temporary home to Thames’s latest beaded curtain portraits of notable Black luminaries, which lay on tables awaiting completion.

— Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
More than 200 economists and AI luminaries are urging action to address social and economic AI disruption.

— Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

Definition of luminaries

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