worth

Examples

• All

• Nothing in life that is worth doing is a walk in the park.

• Is the short term pleasure worth the long term hurt?

• But was what he did worth doing in the long run?

• Because my time is now worth so much.

  Michelle Phan

• It's not just what they make, but what it's worth, OK.

• A quick call to the local library or a university library is worth the time.

  Academic text (2011)

• The life of an innocent human being is worth more than the life of a murderer.

  Rampage (1987)

• Our flaws are what make us worth loving.

  I'm Not Gay : A Musical (2023)

• The stillness, the security, was worth any price; it was a necessity, a must, for me.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Investing in your education is definitely worth the time and effort because it opens up new opportunities.

Synonyms

V

valuable

vsworth

700 2.5

Very useful and important, for example advice or skills

is judged by whether it deserves a particular action or amount

W

worth it

vsworth

• Informal

518 3.5

Good enough so the time, effort, or money you spent was not wasted

is about being good enough to deserve a specific action or amount

W

worthwhile

vsworth

155 3.5

An activity that is good to do because it gives useful or important results

is used when value makes an action or expense justified

P

priceless

vsworth

112 4.2

So valuable that you cannot measure it in money

is concerned with being sufficient to deserve a given action or amount

I

invaluable

vsworth

68 4.1

Very useful in a way that is hard to measure

is about having enough usefulness to deserve an action or amount

Antonyms

W

worthless

273 3.0

Has no value or use

I

insignificant

102 4.1

Not important or too small to matter

U

unimportant

50 1.9

Not worth attention or notice

Idioms

W

worth it

• Informal

518 3.5

Good enough so the time, effort, or money you spent was not wasted

W

worth a shot

• Informal

24 4.8

Good to try something even if it may not work

W

worth every penny

• Informal

16 3.4

Gives good value for the money spent

W

worth salt

• Informal

13 9.3

Good at what they do so people respect and trust them

W

worth a dime

• Informal

2 7.0

Having little or no value

F

for all it was worth

• Informal

1 6.5

As much as possible

F

for all they were worth

1 7.2

Using all your strength or effort to do something

W

worth every step

• Informal

1 6.6

So valuable that you feel the effort was not wasted

N

not worth a plug nickel

• Archaic

1 9.6

Has no value and is useless to anyone

W

worth the powder

• Archaic

1 9.8

The result is too small to make the effort

N

not worth a dime

• Informal

1 6.2

Of no value or use

P

to play it for all it's worth

• Informal

1 7.5

Use a chance as much as possible to get the most from it

W

worth the watch

• Informal

1 3.2

Good enough that you should see it

N

not worth salt

• Informal

1 9.9

Having little or no value

N

not worth the powder

• Archaic

1 9.9

Too unimportant to spend time or money on

N

not worth a Continental

• Archaic

1 9.9

Completely without value or use

W

worth a Continental

• Archaic

1 9.9

Of little or no value

W

worth one's salt

• Informal

1 8.1

Good and able at a job so they deserve their pay or respect

N

not worth writing home about

• Informal

1 7.0

Not very good or special

N

not worth a whistle

• Informal

9.1

A thing that has no value or use

N

not worth a brass farthing

• Archaic

9.9

Completely without value or use

W

worth only a nickel

• Archaic

6.9

It has very little value

Compounds

S

self-worth

30 3.7

A feeling that you are a good and important person

L

life's worth

25 8.0

How much value people give to a person's life

D

dime's worth

• Informal

4 8.1

A very small, unimportant amount

T

tuppence worth

• Archaic

1 9.9

A small opinion someone gives, often when not asked

How Valuable

priceless

112 4.2

valuable

700 2.5

worth

∞ 1.7

worthless

273 3.0

Surface Forms

Etymology