Worthies

Meaning

of Worthy

Synonyms

Examples

While politicians, clergy, creators of advertisements, and other worthies assert stoutly that the family is the foundation of society, the nuclear family, as an institution, is currently in grave trouble. Jane Jacobs

I have done one braver thing Than all the Worthies did; And yet a braver thence doth spring, Which is to keep that hid. John Donne

Their remains but the third class, the superstitious. These worthies were not content merely to rest in ignorance; they must know all about things which had no existence whatever. Jules Verne

One of these worthies, indeed the master mind of 26/11, Hafiz Sayeed, is roaming freely in Pakistan and spewing venom against India. Source: Internet

None of these worthies seemed to notice that China’s state-led, semi-market economy was practicing something other than free trade. Source: Internet

The Worthies were first listed in Jacques de Longuyon 's Voeux du Paon in 1312, and subsequently became a common subject in literature and art. Source: Internet