Deserving
Deserving adjective - Having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward.
Valuable and deserving are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Valuable" instead an adjective "Deserving".
Nearby Words: deserved, deservedly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- good and deserving
- good and valuable
- choice and deserving
- choice and valuable
- invaluable and deserving
- invaluable and valuable
- priceless and deserving
- priceless and valuable
- fine and deserving
- fine and valuable
- estimable and deserving
- estimable and valuable
- worthwhile and deserving
- worthwhile and valuable
Both words in one sentence
- The two XB-70s that were built were very valuable research aircraft, and very much deserving of their moniker.
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