Merit Synonyms and Antonyms

mĕrĭt
A creditable quality
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. excellence
  2. virtue
  3. worthiness
  4. beauty
  5. distinction
  6. commendableness
  7. desert
  8. eminence
  9. estimableness
  10. deservingness
  11. exemplarity
  12. goodness
  13. perfection
  14. meed
  15. honor
  16. pl. claim
  17. prestige
  18. reward
  19. right
  20. worth
  21. meritoriousness
Antonyms:
  1. demerit
  2. disadvantage
  3. fault
  4. weakness
To acquire as a result of one's behavior or effort
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. deserve
  2. get
  3. earn
  4. warrant
  5. rate
  6. be worth
  7. award
  8. credit
  9. gain
  10. desert
  11. deserts
  12. dignity
  13. win
  14. excellence
  15. justify
  16. reward
  17. stature
  18. virtue
  19. worth
To earn; deserve.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. earn

Words Related to Merit

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Merit Sentence Examples

  • Kutuzov's merit lay, not in any strategic maneuver of genius, as it is called, but in the fact that he alone understood the significance of what had happened.

  • The idea has merit.

  • The merit of Bruce is that he did not despise the lesson.

  • Rank is nominally determined by merit, as tested by competitive examinations.

  • The architecture of the city is not without merit.

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