Found 2 items, similar to worthier.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: worthier worthy adj 1: having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; “a worthy fellow”; “no student deemed worthy, and chosen for admission, would be kept out for lack of funds”- Nathan Pusey; “worthy of acclaim”; “orthy of consideration”; “a worthy cause” [ant: unworthy] 2: worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; “the parents found the girl suitable for their son” [syn: desirable, suitable] 3: meriting respect or esteem; “the worthy gentleman” 4: having high moral qualities; “a noble spirit”; “a solid citizen”; “an upstanding man”; “a worthy successor” [syn: noble, solid, upstanding] 5: morally admirable; “a worthy citizen” n : word is often used humorously [also: worthiest, worthier] worthier See worthy
English → English (gcide) Definition: Worthier Worthy \Wor"thy\, a. [Compar. Worthier; superl. Worthiest.] [OE. worthi, wur[thorn]i, from worth, wur[thorn], n.; cf. Icel. ver[eth]ugr, D. waardig, G. w["u]rdig, OHG. wird[=i]g. See Worth, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous. [1913 Webster] Full worthy was he in his lordes war. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be. --Milton. [1913 Webster] This worthy mind should worthy things embrace. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 2. Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one. [1913 Webster] No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. --Matt. iii. 11. [1913 Webster] And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The lodging is well worthy of the guest. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Worthy women of the town. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Worthiest of blood (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]