worthy
adjective18 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.5
worthy of9.0
followed by a noun to indicate what is deserved (e.g., attention, praise)
very worthy8.0
to a high degree
most worthy7.0
superlative, deserving more than others
well worthy6.7
emphasizes that something is very deserving
truly worthy6.3
genuinely deserving
deserving to a sufficient degree (used after the adjective)
especially deserving
deserving to the same extent as someone or something else
completely deserving
used to suggest that something is not deserving
deserving based on moral principles
be worthy8.5
to have the qualities that deserve something
seem worthy7.2
to appear to be deserving
to show that you are deserving
to believe something is deserving
to believe something is deserving
to form an opinion that something is deserving
(formal) to judge something as deserving