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.

Is deserving a common word?

deserving is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with deserving?

2 words rhyme with deserving. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.