Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "merit" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

demerit demerit worthless

Derived Terms

Meritage badge of merit figure of merit immerit immeritorious immeritoriously merit badge merit badger merit badging merit field merit good merit-badging merit-based meritable merited meritedly meriter meritful meritious meritless meritmonger meritocracy meritocrat meritocratic meritocratically meritorious meritoriously meritoriousness meritory meritous overmerit premerit unmeriting unmeritocratic unmeritorious

Has Property

offensive

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ask call for demand involve necessitate need postulate require take worth worthiness

Type Of (IsA)

goodness generic worth

Related Terms

demerit meretricious meretriciously meretriciousness promerit

Related Terms

admissions approbation award badge claim college college admissions commendation credit deserve deserving earn earned earned marks excellence good good credit good record high mark marks meretricious meritorious meritoriously meritoriousness positive quality rating recognition record reward system token virtue worth worthy

Synonym Network

deserve deservingness value worth

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