Meanings
adjectiveworthwhile (comparative more worthwhile, superlative most worthwhile)
comparative more worthwhile · superlative most worthwhile · alternative worth while · alternative archaic worthwile
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveGood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
Similar
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest
Similar
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From worth (adjective) + while (noun).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian който си струва
- който си струва (kojto si struva)good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Chinese Mandarin 值得, 划算
- 值得 (zhídé)good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
- 划算 (huásuàn)good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
- 划得來 (huádelái)good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Danish umagen værd, svarer sig
- umagen værdgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
- svarer siggood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
- betaler siggood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Dutch de moeite lonend, de moeite waard
- de moeite lonendgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
- de moeite waardgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
- waardevolgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Esperanto inda
- indagood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Finnish vaivan arvoinen
- vaivan arvoinengood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
French de valeur, qui en vaut la peine
- de valeurgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
- qui en vaut la peinegood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
German lohnend, wertvoll
- lohnendgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
- wertvollgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
- sinnvollgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Hungarian érdemes
- érdemesgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Italian che vale la pena
- che vale la penagood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Māori whaihua
- whaihuagood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Norwegian umaken verd
- umaken verdgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Polish opłacalny
- opłacalnygood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Portuguese vantajoso
- vantajosogood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Russian сто́ящий
- сто́ящий (stójaščij)good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Scottish Gaelic fiach
- fiachgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Spanish de valor
- de valorgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Turkish değer, faydalı
- değergood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
- faydalıgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
- yararlıgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Welsh gwerth chweil
- gwerth chweilgood and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with worthwhile
filewhilestylemilechilesmileisletilecompilekylepileNilevolatileCarlisleawhileaisleLylereptilebileargyllguileCarlyleargylevile
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
worthwhile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worthwhile
MLA
“worthwhile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worthwhile. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “worthwhile,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worthwhile.
Source: worthwhile on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.