Merit

Noun

 * 1) Something deserving either good or bad recognition.
 * His reward for his merit was a check for $50.
 * 1) Something worthy of a high rating.
 * 2) A claim to commendation or reward.
 * 3) The quality of deserving reward.

Synonyms

 * worth
 * value

Antonyms

 * demerit

Verb

 * 1)  To earn or to deserve.
 * 2)  To be worthy or deserving.

Derived terms

 * merit-based
 * merited
 * meritocracy
 * meritocratic

Related terms

 * meritorious
 * meritoriousness
 * meritoriously

Adjectives for Merit
unusual; intrinsic;  eminent;  neglected; spectacular; unpopular; respective; artistic; patient; peculiar; multifarious; remark¬able; comparative; indignant; solid; bashful; starving; toilworn; injured; mute; relative; ostensible; supereminent; accumulated; palpable; scientific; telling; strongest; transcendent; distinctive; technical; all-sufficient;  literary;   aesthetic;   striking humbled; uneven; prime; essential; rare tangible; productive; singular; doubtful weaker; lap-dog; cardinal; noticeable; satisfying; conspicuous.

Verbs for Merit
attain—; authorize—; award—; claim—; command—; confer—upon; detract from—; discuss—s; disclaim—; disclose—; dispute —; emulate—; entitle to—; esteem—; exhibit—; impute—to; judge—s; mark with —; overrate—s; rate—; reward with—; rival—; sanction—; test—; value—; vie for—; vindicate—; warrant-—.

Adverbs for Merit
modestly; genuinely; justly; unquestionably; substantially; incalculably; ostensibly; justifiably; intrinsically; eminently; aesthetically; essentially; conspicuously.

Thesaurus
accent, advantage, advantageousness, agreeableness, arete, assets, auspiciousness, award, be deserving, be entitled to, be worthy of, beneficialness, benevolence, benignity, caliber, class, cogency, comeuppance, concern, concernment, consequence, consequentiality, consideration, desert, deserts, deserve, deserving, due, due reward, dues, earn, emphasis, entitle, excellence, excellency, expedience, fairness, favorableness, fineness, first-rateness, good, goodliness, goodness, grace, healthiness, helpfulness, high order, high rank, import, importance, interest, just deserts, justify, kindness, mark, materiality, merits, moment, niceness, note, paramountcy, perfection, pleasantness, precedence, preeminence, primacy, priority, profitableness, quality, rate, recompense, repay, requite, reward, rewardingness, rights, self-importance, significance, skillfulness, soundness, stature, stress, strong point, superiority, supremacy, usefulness, validity, value, virtue, virtuousness, warrant, weight, wholeness, winnings, worth, worthiness

Etymology
From merite: <  merite: <  meritum:, neuter of meritus:, past participle of merere:, mereri:, akin to   μέρος:.

Pronunciation

 * mĕr'ĭt



Noun

 * Czech: zásluha


 * Polish: zasługa


 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 功勞, 功劳 (gōng láo)
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 * Japanese: 価値 (かち, kachi)
 * Korean: 장점 (jangjeom)
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 * Swedish: förtjänst

Anagrams

 * miter
 * mitre
 * remit
 * timer