Synonyms of worthwhile

worthwhile

adjective

as in worthy

having worth or value

a worthwhile investment

The money is for a worthwhile cause.

The trip was worthwhile.

Related Words

• worthy
• valuable
• big
• meaningful
• serious
• important
• great
• significant
• substantial
• major
• much
• noble
• impressive
• momentous
• remarkable
• historic
• outstanding
• eventful
• strategic
• monumental
• consequential
• exceptional
• decisive
• fatal
• tectonic
• material
• earth-shattering
• noteworthy
• earthshaking
• earnest
• sincere
• fateful
• prominent
• distinctive
• weighty
• notable
• crucial
• essential
• distinguished
• grave
• eminent
• critical
• heavy
• illustrious
• prestigious
• famous
• pivotal
• key
• vital
• all-important
• renowned
• notorious
• central
• seminal
• preeminent

Dissimilar Words

• worthless
• petty
• paltry
• unknown
• obscure
• small
• trivial
• anonymous
• unimportant
• insignificant
• little
• negligible
• minor
• nameless
• inconsequential
• inconsiderable
• trifling
• slight
• uncelebrated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of worthwhile

Being able to use PocketGuard's many features and get access to upgrades for one payment would make this app especially worthwhile. — Catherine Collins, USA Today, 10 July 2026

This type of over-the-top promotion model has long been used by the network as a way to convince advertisers that running commercials on its airways is worthwhile, noted University of Oregon advertising professor Christopher Chávez. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Americans have long seen this tournament as the only competition of any kind, in any forum, that makes a participation trophy a worthwhile goal. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 6 July 2026

Theorizing consciousness with twentieth-century tools of science is a worthwhile twenty-first-century endeavor. — Peter Gosselin, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026