meritorious
/ˌmɛɹɪˈtɔːɹɪ.əs/US/ˌmɛɹɪˈtɔɹi.əs/
meritorious adjective: deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.
Adjective
meritorious (comparative more meritorious, superlative most meritorious)
- Deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.
- The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department.
- Synonyms:
- commendable, deserving, meedful, praiseworthy, meritious
- Antonyms:
- immeritorious
meritorious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
meritorious in Hindi
- मेधावी
meritorious in Tamil
- சிறப்பு மிக்க, தகுதி நிறைவுற்ற, பாராட்டுதற்குரிய, புகழத்தக்க
meritorious in Urdu
- meritorious
- اچھا acchā
meritorious in Bengali
- meritorious
- গুণবন্ত gunobonto
More languagesFewer languages
- meritorious in Malayalam
- അർഹതയുള്ള aṟhatayuḷḷa
- meritorious in Kannada
- ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ śrēṣṭha
- meritorious in Odia
- ତୀର୍ଥ tirtha
- meritorious in Nepali
- मेधावी
- meritorious in Tagalog
- tampat
- meritorious in Arabic
- فَاضِل fāḍil, جَدِير jadīr
Synonyms of meritorious
Antonyms
Forms of meritorious
| comparative | more meritorious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most meritorious |
Origin of meritorious
From Middle English meritorious, borrowed between 1375 and 1425 from Latin meritōrius (“earning money”), from meritus, past participle of mereō (“to earn”).
Words formed from meritorious
Phrases with meritorious
Words that rhyme with meritorious
- glorious
- notorious
- uproarious
- censorious
- laborious
- memorious
- inglorious
- unglorious
- victorious
- amatorious
- deletorious
- desultorious
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Questions about meritorious
- What does meritorious mean?
- Meritorious means deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.
- What is meritorious in Hindi?
- Meritorious in Hindi is मेधावी. See Meritorious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is meritorious?
- Meritorious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce meritorious?
- Meritorious is pronounced /ˌmɛɹɪˈtɔɹi.əs/ (US).
Words near meritorious in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: meritorious (page history and authors); meritorious (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meritorious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اچھا (Urdu) (page history and authors); গুণবন্ত (Bengali) (page history and authors); ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ତୀର୍ଥ (Odia) (page history and authors); meritorious (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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