Synonyms for worthwhile
ˈwɜrθˈʰwaɪl, -ˈwaɪlworth·while

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1. worthwhileadjective

   sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest

   "a worthwhile book"

   Antonyms:
   unworthy

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1. List of paraphrases for "worthwhile":

   valuable, useful, worth, interesting, worthy, valid, helpful, meaningful, penalty, profitable, commendable, fruitful, beneficial, laudable, precious

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1. Richard Feynman, Letter to Koichi Mano, February 3, 1966:

   The worthwhile problems are the ones you can really solve or help solve, the ones you can really contribute something to.

2. B. C. Forbes:

   No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage, determination, resolution. Every man who gets anywhere does so because he has first firmly resolved to progress in the world and then has enough stick-to-it-tiveness to transform his resolution into reality. Without resolution, no man can win any worthwhile place among his fellow men.

3. Albert Einstein:

   Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

4. Stephanie Kibler:

   Once I had that number, it was a little harder to skip classes, unless I was doing something extremely worthwhile with the time. After all, if it's a two-hour class, did I really want to blow over $100 by skipping it?

5. Adrian Nish:

   I can't think of a case where we have seen a criminal go to the level of effort to customize it for the environment they were operating in, i guess it was the realization that the potential payoff made that effort worthwhile.