Usually means: Valuable enough to justify effort.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word worthwhile:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. worthwhile: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. worthwhile: Merriam-Webster
  3. worthwhile: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. worthwhile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. worthwhile: Collins English Dictionary
  6. worthwhile: Vocabulary.com
  7. Worthwhile, worthwhile: Wordnik
  8. worthwhile: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. worthwhile: Wiktionary
  10. worthwhile: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. worthwhile: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. worthwhile: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. worthwhile: Dictionary.com
  14. worthwhile: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. worthwhile: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. worthwhile: Rhymezone
  17. worthwhile: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. worthwhile: FreeDictionary.org
  19. worthwhile: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. worthwhile: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. worthwhile: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Worthwhile: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See worthwhileness as well.)

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▸ adjective:  Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.

Similar:
worthy, worthwile, spendworthy, costworthy, worth, worthful, worthly, needworthy, good, concernworthy, more...

Opposite:
futile, worthless, unproductive, pointless, trivial

Types:
valuable, useful, beneficial, important, necessary, crucial, indispensable, more...

Phrases:
worthwhile quality, not worthwhile, worthwhile cost, opposite of worthwhile, hard but worthwhile, more...

Adjectives:
much, whole, such, little, extra, only, human, entire, long, clinical, further

Colors:
    gold,     emerald,     sapphire,     ruby,     amethyst, more...



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Similar:
worthy, worthwile, spendworthy, costworthy, worth, worthful, worthly, needworthy, good, concernworthy, more...

Opposite:
futile, worthless, unproductive, pointless, trivial

Types:
valuable, useful, beneficial, important, necessary, crucial, indispensable, more...

Phrases:
worthwhile quality, not worthwhile, worthwhile cost, opposite of worthwhile, hard but worthwhile, make worthwhile, rewarding worthwhile, is worthwhile, some thing worthwhile, beneficial worthwhile, more...

Adjectives:
much, whole, such, little, extra, only, human, entire, long, clinical, further

Colors:
    gold,     emerald,     sapphire,     ruby,     amethyst, more...



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