WORTHINESS Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

worthiness

noun

Definition of worthiness

as in value

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Recent Examples of worthiness City finished 17 points behind Chelsea when Chelsea won their most recent title, and maybe after a while that inculcates a sense of shakiness, or not-quite-worthiness. — Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 The Irish entered this season pledging to leave no doubt about their College Football Playoff worthiness after getting left out of the field last year despite winning their last 10 regular-season games by double-digit margins. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026 Daniela has killed a man for the crime of not being her Jason, but rather another Jason whose personal history and worthiness align with his almost completely. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 Chris Hemsworth’s thunder god enters the MCU with an adventure that kicks him out of Asgard to spend time on Earth to figure out his worthiness. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 Sure, the novel is 100 years old, but its swoon-worthiness is evergreen. — Air Mail, 18 July 2026 Suffice to say, Sacramento has a lot going for it and its worthiness of MLB is real. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026 But such reckless threats by the mayor still caused the rating agencies of Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch to take notice and issue warnings about the city’s credit worthiness. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026 The Spinblitz team created their list of the best spots for flower tourism by looking at factors including the popularity of the destination, flower vibrancy, photo-worthiness, and reviews. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026

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Noun

The agreement includes an option that could increase its total value to approximately $91 million, further expanding American industrial involvement in the programme.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Part of Borromeo’s mandate was to tighten the product assortment, boost the company’s profitability and return it back to its foundational values and DNA.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of value

Noun

Supermarket owners described throwing out nearly a dumpster’s worth of frozen food.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026
The massive 600,000-square-foot structure of glass, concrete, and steel (two Eiffel Towers’ worth of steel, according to the company), looms over its environment like a spaceship from another world.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of worth

Noun

The princess has also increasingly made the importance of nature a focus of her work, including last year's release of a four-part video series on the power of nature.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Silver’s comments underscore the importance the league places on obtaining that information.

— Jessica Golden,Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of importance

Noun

What begins as a straightforward trip to rehab quickly spirals into a journey packed with mishaps, revelations and unexpected connections, forcing both Lucy and Tim to confront the messy realities of fame, family and recovery.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Li considers how her characters define failure and success, and how these definitions affect John and Adelaide, neither of whom achieve fame.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of fame

Noun

Pappas has also supported strict limits on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, which are synthetic chemicals that can be found in an array of consumer products, including clothing, shampoo, electronics, and cleaning products.

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
Discovery of the substance immediately made Tak Sumaya, an assistant professor who helped identify it in the coffee maker water, suspicious.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of substance

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But of the leaders of those three mega-bands, perhaps the most mysterious remains Pete Townshend, The Who’s songwriter and enigmatic eminence, thrashing chords and smashing guitars while Roger Daltrey handled lead vocals.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026
For Ne’ilah, the eminence of humanity consists in the ability to repent and set things right before man and God.

— Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of eminence

Noun

Known for risque stand-up routines and battles with drugs and alcohol, Brand rose to prominence in the early 2000s, hosting television programs and his own BBC radio show.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Over the next decade, the museum gained in public prominence and critical standing.

— Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of prominence

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