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worthier

ADJECTIVE
better
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exceptional improved superior
STRONG
choice exceeding fitter preferred sharpened sophisticated surpassing
WEAK
bigger finer greater higher quality larger more appropriate more desirable more fitting more select more suitable more useful more valuable preferable prominent souped-up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inferior
WEAK
littler more ill sicker smaller tinier unhealthy worse

Example Sentences

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"Nothing is worthier than human life, specifically young life."

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025

The irony is that Pacino did several worthier turns after his Oscar win: “The Insider,” “Donnie Brasco,” even “Glengarry Glen Ross” from the same year, 1992, is better: the definitive Ricky Roma.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

Extensive development work is being conducted to give old clothes and textiles a worthier end.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

Through the miracle of technology, transhumanists believe that the human species must orchestrate its obsolescence so that some worthier, digitized human form might emerge, phoenix-like from its shadow.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2023

In the meantime, Harry Potter’s well-wishers must hope that, next time, he bestows his heart on a worthier candidate.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling