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Synonyms for merit
ˈmɛr ɪtmer·it

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. meritnoun

    Synonyms:
    worth, value

    Antonyms:
    demerit

  2. meritnoun

    Something worthy of a high rating.

    Synonyms:
    value, worth

    Antonyms:
    demerit

  3. meritnoun

    A claim to commendation or reward.

    Synonyms:
    worth, value

    Antonyms:
    demerit

  4. meritnoun

    The quality of deserving reward.

    Synonyms:
    worth, value

    Antonyms:
    demerit

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. merit

    Synonyms:
    goodness, worth, worthiness, desert, excellence

    Antonyms:
    badness, demerit, unworthiness, worthlessness, weakness, imperfection, error, defect, fault, failing

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. merit, virtuenoun

    any admirable quality or attribute

    "work of great merit"

    Synonyms:
    virtue, deservingness, meritoriousness, chastity, sexual morality, moral excellence, virtuousness

    Antonyms:
    fault, demerit

  2. deservingness, merit, meritoriousnessverb

    the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)

    "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"

    Synonyms:
    deservingness, virtue, meritoriousness

    Antonyms:
    demerit, fault

  3. deserve, meritverb

    be worthy or deserving

    "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"

    Synonyms:
    deserve

    Antonyms:
    demerit, fault

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. advantage

    Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. meritnoun

    Synonyms:
    desert, worth, worthiness, excellence, credit

  2. meritnoun

    Synonyms:
    claim, right

  3. meritverb

    Synonyms:
    deserve, have a right to, be entitled to

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. meritnoun

    Synonyms:
    desert, worth, meed, worthiness, worth, excellence, goodness, reward

    Antonyms:
    demerit

  2. meritnoun

    Synonyms:
    claim, right

    Antonyms:
    demerit

  3. meritverb

    Synonyms:
    deserve, earn

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How to use merit in a sentence?

  1. Tony Abbott:

    All of our appointments are on merit, as time goes by and the number of women in the parliament increases, I'm confident that there will be more.

  2. Goethe:

    We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.

  3. Desiderius Erasmus:

    Amongst the learned the lawyers claim first place, the most self-satisfied class of people, as they roll their rock of Sisyphus and string together six hundred laws in the same breath, no matter whether relevant or not, piling up opinion on opinion and gloss on gloss to make their profession seem the most difficult of all. Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.

  4. Will Irving:

    They are viruses that merit about one line in very small print in the largest textbooks, so I've never come across them as a cause of disease.

  5. The Talmud:

    Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger; a miracle may not save you...and if it does, it will be deducted from your share of luck or merit.


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