worthy: Meaning and Definition of

wor•thy

1. having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
2. of commendable excellence or merit; deserving: a book worthy of praise; a person worthy to lead.

1. a person of eminent worth, merit, or position: The town worthies included two doctors.

-worthy

1. a combining form ofoccurring in adjectives that have the general sense “deserving of, fit for” (blameworthy; newsworthy; noteworthy; trustworthy), “capable of travel in or on” (airworthy; roadworthy; seaworthy), as specified by the first word of the compound.