Index of English words, starting with "wo"

(1) - worthwhile (adj.) Worth the time or effort spent.

(1) - Worthy (v. t.) To render worthy; to exalt into a hero.
(2) - Worthy (n.) A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies.
(3) - Worthy (n.) Of high station; of high social position.
(4) - Worthy (n.) Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.
(5) - Worthy (n.) Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

(1) - Would-be (a.) Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.