worth

Meaning

Adj

1. Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
2. Deserving of.
3. (obsolete) Valuable, worthwhile.
4. Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

Noun

1. Value.
2. Merit, excellence.
3. Wealth, fortune, riches, property, possessions.
4. An amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time.
5. (obsolete) High social standing, noble rank.

Verb

To be, become, betide.

Concepts

worth

value

merit

price

cost

importance

worthwhile

significance

consequence

quality

excellence

worthy

virtue

goodness

deserving

worthiness

profit

valuable

love

pre-eminence

eminence

use

advantage

valuation

denomination

desert

good

benefit

strength

usefulness

utility

distinction

good for

suitable for

excellency

genius

gravity

fame

glamour

glory

prestige

renown

value prize

avail

effect

result

gain

redeeming feature

dignity

effective

fruitful

wealth

expense

quotation

fitness

esteem

ability

capacity

character

fruit

payment

recompense

remuneration

return

reward

wages

charge

expensive

important

able

capable

meritorious

caliber

calibre

rate

be worth it

bloom

brilliance

vigour

vitality

account

level

rank

rating

scale value

of value

eligible

count

deserve

worthy of

valour

estate

fortune

legacy

property

validity

have value

be worth

meriting

economic value

antecedence

antecedency

pas

precedency

import

momentousness

small fry

small potatoes

snowball effect

weight

debt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɜːθ/

Etymology

From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
Cognate with Dutch waard (adjective), Low German weert (adjective), German wert, Wert, Swedish värd, Welsh gwerth, Ukrainian вартість (vartistʹ).