Synonyms for meritorious
ˌmɛr ɪˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr-mer·i·to·ri·ous

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1. meritoriousadjective

   Antonyms:
   immeritorious

2. meritoriousadjective

   The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department.

   Antonyms:
   immeritorious

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1. meritorious

   Synonyms:
   innocent, just, lawful, legal, moral, right, virtuous

   Antonyms:
   abominable, criminal, culpable, felonious, flagitious, guilty, illegal, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong

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1. meritorious, meritableadjective

   deserving reward or praise

   "a lifetime of meritorious service"; "meritorious conduct"

   Synonyms:
   meritable

   Antonyms:
   unworthy

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1. meritoriousadjective

   Synonyms:
   deserving, worthy, good, excellent

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1. meritoriousadjective

   Synonyms:
   worthy, commendable, meedful, deserving

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1. List of paraphrases for "meritorious":

   deserving, commendable, merit-based, worthy, praiseworthy, laudable

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How to use meritorious in a sentence?

1. Brian Kammer:

   Commuting his sentence would honor his very meritorious service to this country, we should not be executing those we sent into harm’s way and who were deeply wounded, physically and mentally.

2. Hindu Drama:

   All that is old is not therefore necessarily excellent; all that is new is not despicable on that account alone. Let what is really meritorious be pronounced so by the candid judge after due investigation; blockheads alone are influenced by the opinion of others.

3. Brock Martland:

   If time marches on and more things are said and it becomes clear this isn't a meritorious prosecution they're running ... that could lead the minister to say, 'At the end of the day, I'm not prepared to order surrender, here'.

4. Mike Waltz:

   It just sends such an importantsignal if you stand with us and youstand against extremism we'll be there for you. We will honor that commitment, i am, as are many conservatives, in favor of merit-based immigration, and I can't think of anyone more meritorious than those who have stood and fought with us rather than random lottery systems.

5. Catherine Rampell:

   There are good ways to spend a huge sum of money, the kind of media coverage we have been getting doesn't really explore whether the kinds of things that are in this bill are meritorious or not … Instead, it's about the number.