Deserving
Deserving adjective - Having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward.
Reliable and deserving are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reliable" instead an adjective "Deserving".
Nearby Words: deserved, deservedly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- good and deserving
- good and reliable
- solid and deserving
- solid and reliable
- reputable and deserving
- reputable and reliable
- upright and deserving
- upright and reliable
- honest and deserving
- honest and reliable
- honourable and deserving
- honourable and reliable
- creditable and deserving
- creditable and reliable
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Reliable and Deserving. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deserving/reliable
Deserving & Reliable. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/deserving/reliable>.
Reliable or Deserving. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/deserving/reliable.
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