worthiness

1. 1.

   the quality or state of having merit or value

   Antonymsunworthiness

   Broadergood

   Narrowerdeservingnesspraiseworthinessquotabilityroadworthiness

Other forms of worthiness

plural

worthinesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about worthiness

What does worthiness mean?

worthiness means "the quality or state of having merit or value".

How many syllables are in worthiness?

worthiness has 3 syllables: wor-thi-ness. The stress falls on "wor". In IPA it is /ˈwɝðinɪs/.

What is the opposite of worthiness?

The recorded antonyms are unworthiness.

Is worthiness a common word?

worthiness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.