deserving

1. 1.

   (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way

   “an idea worth considering”

   “the deserving poor”

   “a deserving cause”

   Synonymsworth

   Similarworthy

   irony

Questions about deserving

What does deserving mean?

deserving means "(often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way".

How many syllables are in deserving?

deserving has 3 syllables: de-ser-ving. The stress falls on "ser". In IPA it is /dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/.

What is another word for deserving?

Close synonyms include worth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.