Meanings
- not comparableWorth doing; worth the time, effort, etc.
We don't suppose that complaining about it now is worth it.
1 more example
Using the Internet as an information resource is hardly worth it just to make student reports richer. It is worth it if the Internet is going to be used as a laboratory for choosing, exploring, searching, justifying and supporting views, etc.
2003, Council of Europe, Learning and Teaching in the Communication Society, page 131Synonyms: worthwhile
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWorth doing; worth the time, effort, etc.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 值得, 划算
- 值得 (zhídé)worth doing
- 划算 (huásuàn)worth doing
- 划得來 (huádelái)worth doing
Dutch de moeite waard zijn
- de moeite waard zijnworth doing
French valoir la peine, valoir le coup
- valoir la peineworth doing
- valoir le coupworth doing
German lohnend, erstrebenswert
- lohnendworth doing
- erstrebenswertworth doing
Hungarian megér
- megérworth doing
Indonesian sepadan
- sepadanworth doing
Japanese 価値がある
- 価値がある (kachi ga aru)worth doing
Russian стоить того
- стоить того (stoitʹ tovo)worth doing
Cite this entry
worth it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worth%20it
“worth it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worth%20it. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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