worthwhile
/ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl//ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈʍaɪl/
worthwhile adjective: good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
Adjective
worthwhile (comparative more worthwhile, superlative most worthwhile)
worthwhile meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
worthwhile in Tamil
- பயனுடையதான
worthwhile in Marathi
- मोलाचे, मोलाची
worthwhile in Urdu
- باخوب, باقدر
worthwhile in Malayalam
- useful, valuable, of use
- മുതലാകുന്ന, വിലയുള്ള, മൂല്യമുള്ള, മൂല്യവത്തായ, പ്രത്യേകമൂല്യമുള്ള, ഫലപ്രദമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- worthwhile in Kannada
- ಉಚಿತ, ಯೋಗ್ಯ, ಉಪಯುಕ್ತ, ಮಾಡಿನೋಡಲು ಅರ್ಹವಾದ
- worthwhile in Odia
- ସାର୍ଥକ
Examples of worthwhile in a sentence
- Many people find it worthwhile to network for jobs and information.
- I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile.
- What's the use of worrying? It never was worthwhile.
Synonyms of worthwhile
Forms of worthwhile
| comparative | more worthwhile |
|---|---|
| superlative | most worthwhile |
| alternative form | worth while |
| alternative form (archaic) | worthwile |
Origin of worthwhile
From worth (adjective) + while (noun).
Words formed from worthwhile
Words that rhyme with worthwhile
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- gentile
- kyle
- reptile
- sile
- smile
- Lyle
- tile
- while
- beguile
- bile
- Nile
- spile
- argyll
- awhile
- enisle
- guile
- gyle
- I'll
- last mile
- nubile
- resile
- restyle
- rile
- senile
- stile
- vile
- autogynephile
- bewile
- chile
- chyle
- Cnile
- District of Argyle
- heil
- ile
- interfile
- isle
- Japanophile
- Kabyle
- kile
- like it's going out of style
- Persophile
- redial
- refile
- revile
- Styal
- thyle
- tickler file
- wile
Questions about worthwhile
- What does worthwhile mean?
- Worthwhile means good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
- What is worthwhile in Tamil?
- Worthwhile in Tamil is பயனுடையதான. See Worthwhile meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is worthwhile?
- Worthwhile is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce worthwhile?
- Worthwhile is pronounced /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/.
Words near worthwhile in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: worthwhile (page history and authors); worthwhile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); worthwhile (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); worthwhile (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); worthwhile (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); worthwhile (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); worthwhile (Odia, 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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