worth

worth · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Equivalent in value to a sum specified.

  2. 2.

    Deserving of; meriting.

  3. 3.

    Having assets or income amounting to.

  4. 4.

    The value equivalent to that of something.

  5. 5.

    The level of quality or importance.

  6. 6.

    A quantity of something for a specified sum or serving a purpose for a specified time.

Related words

Antonyms: worthless
See also: merit, value, worthless, worthy
Synonyms: deserving, valuable

Etymology

From Old English "weorð" meaning "value, price, worth," from Proto-Germanic "*werþaz" meaning "toward, opposite." Related to German "wert" and "werden" (to become). The original sense connected value with what something is "turned toward" or "becomes."