Definitions of worthy

1. Worthiest.

2. word is often used humorously

3. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

4. Of high station; of high social position.

5. 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.

6. A person of importance.

7. Worthiness.

8. A man of eminent worth:- pl. WORTHIES.

9. A man of eminent worth.

10. A person of eminent worth.

11. A man of eminent worth; a man distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a local celebrity. The nine worthies of the world, Hector of Troy. Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, Joshua, David and Judas Maccabaeus, King Arthur, Charlemagne and Godfrey of Bouillon.

12. A man distinguished for estimable qualities; a man of valour.

13. Worthier.

14. Worthily.

15. morally admirable; " a worthy citizen"

16. meriting respect or esteem; " the worthy gentleman"

17. Having value or excellence; meriting; fit.

18. Having worth: valuable: deserving: suited to: ( B.) deserving ( either of good or bad).

19. Having worth; morally good; deserving.

20. Deserving, such as merits; having worth or excellence; virtuous; estimable; suitable; having qualities suited to; equal in value; suitable to anything bad; deserving of ill; well- founded.

21. Having worth or excellence; deserving, in a good or bad sense; meritorious; estimable; having qualities suited to.