Worthwhile

//ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl//

Synonyms for "worthwhile" (58 found)

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Adjective(1 words)
worth it

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Translations

35 translations across 20 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • който си струва adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 值得 adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • 划得來 adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • 划算 adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Danish

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  • betaler sig adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • svarer sig adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • umagen værd adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Dutch

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  • de moeite lonend adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • de moeite waard adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • waardevol adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Esperanto

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  • inda adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Finnish

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  • vaivan arvoinen adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

French

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  • de valeur adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • qui en vaut la peine adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

German

3 entries
  • lohnend adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • sinnvoll adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • wertvoll adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Hungarian

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  • érdemes adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Interlingua

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  • de valor adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • que vale le pena adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Italian

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  • che vale la pena adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Māori

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  • whaihua adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Norwegian

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  • umaken verd adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Polish

1 entries
  • opłacalny adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Portuguese

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  • vantajoso adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Russian

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  • сто́ящий adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Scottish Gaelic

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  • fiach adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Spanish

4 entries
  • de valor adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • que compensa el esfuerzo adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • que merece la pena adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • que vale la pena adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Turkish

3 entries
  • değer adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • faydalı adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
  • yararlı adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gwerth chweil adj (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)

Sample sentences

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So that Michelangelo might paint certain figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, so that Shakespeare might write certain speeches and Keats his poems, it seemed to me worthwhile that countless millions should have lived and suffered and died.

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It isn't worthwhile going there.

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It's worthwhile carrying out the idea.

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It is worthwhile to have a try at it.

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