worthwhile

See also: worth while

English

Alternative forms

• worth while
• worthwile (archaic)

Etymology

From worth (adjective) +‎ while (noun).

Pronunciation

• (UK, wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /wɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (UK, in accents without the merger) IPA^(key): /wɜː(ɹ)θˈʍaɪl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl

Adjective

worthwhile (comparative more worthwhile, superlative most worthwhile)

1. Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.

   Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile.

Synonyms

• worth it

Related terms

• worth one’s while

Translations

good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on

• Bulgarian: който си струва (kojto si struva)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 值得 (zh) (zhídé), 划算 (zh) (huásuàn), 划得來 (zh) (huádelái)

• Danish: umagen værd, svarer sig, betaler sig
• Dutch: de moeite lonend, de moeite waard, waardevol (nl)
• Esperanto: inda (eo)
• Finnish: vaivan arvoinen
• French: de valeur, qui en vaut la peine
• German: lohnend (de), wertvoll (de), sinnvoll (de)
• Hungarian: érdemes (hu)
• Interlingua: de valor, que vale le pena
• Italian: che vale la pena
• Maori: whaihua
• Norwegian: umaken verd
• Polish: opłacalny (pl)
• Portuguese: vantajoso (pt)
• Russian: сто́ящий (ru) (stójaščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: fiach
• Spanish: de valor, que vale la pena, que merece la pena, que compensa el esfuerzo
• Turkish: değer (tr), faydalı (tr), yararlı (tr)
• Welsh: gwerth chweil

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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 값지다 (gapjida)
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} dhamana (sw)