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| Main Entry: |
worthwhile
 [wurth-hwahyl, -wahyl] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | helpful |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, beneficial, constructive, estimable, excellent, gainful, good, important, invaluable, justifiable, lucrative, meritorious, money-making, paying, priceless, productive, profitable, remunerative, rewarding, serviceable, useful, valuable, worthy |
| Antonyms: | unhelpful, valueless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | cost-effective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | economical |
| Synonyms: | practical, profitable, worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | desirable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous, good |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, advisable, agreeable, beneficial, covetable, eligible, enviable, expedient, grateful, gratifying, helpful, pleasing, preferable, profitable, useful, welcome, worthwhile |
| Antonyms: | bad, detrimental, disadvantageous, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, unprofitable |
Example Sentences
- If it succeeds, then every dollar spent is eminently worthwhile.
- By doing all of these worthwhile activities, you procrastinate doing the things higher up on the list.
- But wonderful and important books are still getting published, and that makes it all worthwhile.
| Main Entry: | feasible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | possible, doable |
| Synonyms: | achievable, advantageous, appropriate, attainable, beneficial, breeze, cinch, duck soup, easy as pie, expedient, fit, fitting, likely, no sweat, performable, pie, piece of cake, practicable, practical, probable, profitable, pushover, realizable, reasonable, simple as ABC, snap, suitable, viable, workable, worthwhile |
| Notes: | feasible means capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are; possible means capable of happening or existing; probable means likely but not certain to be or become true or real |
| Antonyms: | impossible, inconceivable, unfeasible, unlikely, unpractical, unreasonable |
| Main Entry: | fruitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive |
| Synonyms: | abounding, abundant, advantageous, beneficial, blooming, blossoming, breeding, childing, conducive, copious, effective, fecund, fertile, flourishing, flush, fructiferous, gainful, plenteous, plentiful, profitable, profuse, proliferant, prolific, propagating, reproducing, rewarding, rich, spawning, successful, useful, well-spent, worthwhile |
| Antonyms: | barren, impotent, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive |
| Main Entry: | gainful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very productive, profitable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, beneficial, fat, fruitful, generous, going, going concern, good, in the black, lucrative, lush, moneymaking, paid off, paying, remunerative, rewarding, rich, satisfying, substantial, sweet*, useful, well-paying, worthwhile |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, unproductive, unprofitable, useless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | considerable |
| Synonyms: | adequate, advantageous, ample, big, complete, entire, extensive, full, great, immeasurable, large, long, lucrative, much, paying, profitable, respectable, sizable, solid, substantial, sufficient, whole, worthwhile |
| Antonyms: | inconsequential, inconsiderable |
| Main Entry: | livable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adequate, acceptable |
| Synonyms: | bearable, comfortable, cozy, endurable, fit, habitable, homey, inhabitable, livable, lodgeable, passable, satisfactory, snug, sufferable, supportable, sustainable, tenantable, tolerable, worthwhile |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, unacceptable, unbearable, unlivable, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | lucrative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive, well-paid |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, cost effective, fatness, fruitful, gainful, good, high-income, in the black, money-making, paying, profitable, remunerative, sweet, worthwhile |
| Antonyms: | poorly paid, unprofitable |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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