- having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- of commendable excellence or merit; deserving of one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a book worthy of praise;a person worthy to lead.
- a person of eminent worth, merit, or position: The town worthies included two doctors.
- a combining form of worthy, occurring in adjectives that have the general sense “deserving of, fit for” (blameworthy; newsworthy; noteworthy; trustworthy), “capable of travel in or on” (airworthy; roadworthy; seaworthy), as specified by the first word of the compound.
- having sufficient merit or value (for something or someone specified); deserving
- having worth, value, or merit
- a person of distinguished character, merit, or importance
