worthwhile
adjective /ˌwɜːθˈwaɪl/
/ˌwɝːθ-/ Definition
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2. Practise
B2 useful, important, or good enough to be a suitable reward for the money or time spent or the effort made: She considers teaching a worthwhile career. The time and expense involved in keeping up to date with all the changes has been worthwhile. If you need him on this project, you've got to make it financially worthwhile for him (= you will have to pay him a suitable amount of money for the amount of work involved).Useful or advantageous
(Definition of worthwhile adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous adjective
- all-singing adjective
- amiss adjective
- enlightening adjective
- expedience noun
- expedient adjective
- favourable adjective
- fecund adjective
- fodder noun (USEFUL PEOPLE/THINGS)
- not to be sniffed at idiom
- pay dirt noun
- practicality noun (SUITABLE)
- preferential adjective
- productive adjective
- viability noun
- viable adjective
- wholesome adjective
- win-win adjective
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Useful or advantageous
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