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): /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/

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• (UK, without the wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈʍaɪl/
• (General American, Canada, wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /ˌwɝθˈwaɪl/
• (Australia, wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /ˌwɜːθˈwɑel/
• 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

Derived terms

• nonworthwhile
• unworthwhile

Related terms

• worth one’s while

Translations

good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on — see also pay off

• 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
• Māori: whaihua
• Norwegian: umaken verd
• Polish: opłacalny (pl)
• Portuguese: vantajoso (pt)
• Russian: сто́ящий (ru) (stójaščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: fiach
• Spanish: de valor
• Turkish: değer (tr), faydalı (tr), yararlı (tr)
• Welsh: gwerth chweil

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