Antonyms for worth


Grammar : Noun
Spell : wurth
Phonetic Transcription : wɜrθ


Definition of worth

Origin :
  • Old English weorþ "significant, valuable, of value; valued, appreciated, highly thought-of, deserving, meriting; honorable, noble, of high rank; suitable for, proper, fit, capable," from Proto-Germanic *werthaz "toward, opposite," hence "equivalent, worth" (cf. Old Frisian werth, Old Norse verðr, Dutch waard, Old High German werd, German wert, Gothic wairþs "worth, worthy"), perhaps a derivative of PIE *wert- "to turn, wind," from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). Old Church Slavonic vredu, Lithuanian vertas "worth" are Germanic loan-words. From c.1200 as "equivalent to, of the value of, valued at; having importance equal to; equal in power to."
  • noun value, estimation associated with something
Example sentences :
  • Dollars are worth more apiece in New York than any town I've ever been in.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • As you do not propose to follow the sea, it will not be worth while to go as cabin-boy.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • It is a tribute to the memory and worth of one of his early friends at Eton.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • His nett proceeds (which I saw) were about $16,000 worth of gold.
  • Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
  • We are pure nothings, concerning which speculation is not worth the trouble.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Well, at least, if I had to be disappointed, I should like it to be in something that would be worth having.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • If a thing were worth having, it was certainly worth asking for.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
  • If ye have headed it back it is as much as your ears are worth.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • She has been searched, and we have found about a hundred dollars worth of laces on her.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • And you caught her with a hundred dollars worth of laces that she hadn't bought.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Synonyms for worth

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