worthy
n.
respected person, personage; "somebody"
adj.
eligible; worthwhile; valuable; important; just; respected; honorable
Worthy
Worthy
(v. t.)
To render worthy; to exalt into a hero.
(n.)
Of high station; of high social position.
(n.)
Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
(n.)
Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.
(n.)
A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Timon
honorable; worthy
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
About
worthy
Noun
1. word is often used humorously
(hypernym) important person, influential person, personage
Adjective
1. having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "no student deemed worthy, and chosen for admission, would be kept out for lack of funds"- Nathan Pusey; "worthy of acclaim"; "orthy of consideration"; "a worthy cause"
(antonym) unworthy
(similar) applaudable, commendable, laudable, praiseworthy
(see-also) estimable
(attribute) worthiness
2. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"
(synonym) desirable, suitable
(similar) eligible
3. meriting respect or esteem; "the worthy gentleman"
(similar) respectable
4. having high moral qualities; "a noble spirit"; "a solid citizen"; "an upstanding man"; "a worthy successor"
(synonym) noble, solid, upstanding
(similar) honorable, honourable
5. morally admirable; "a worthy citizen"
(similar) good
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