| Main Entry: | merit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
Synonyms: |
arete, asset, benefit, caliber, credit, desert, dignity, excellence, excellency, good, goodness, honor, integrity, perfection, quality, stature, strong point, talent, value, virtue, worth, worthiness |
Antonyms: |
demerit, disadvantage, fault, weakness |
| Main Entry: | merit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be entitled to |
Synonyms: |
be in line for, be worthy, deserve, earn, get one's comeuppance, get one's due, get one's just desserts, get what is coming, have a claim, have a right, have coming, incur, justify, rate, warrant |
| Main Entry: | amenity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant thing |
Synonyms: |
advantage, betterment, comfort, convenience, enhancement, enrichment, excellence, extravagance, facility, frill, improvement, luxury, merit, quality, service, superfluity, virtue |
Antonyms: |
abomination, inconvenience |
| Main Entry: | beauty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
Synonyms: |
asset, attraction, benefit, blessing, boon, excellent, feature, good thing, importance, merit, value, worth |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | caliber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capacity; character |
Synonyms: |
ability, appetency, capability, competence, constitution, dignity, distinction, endowment, essence, faculty, force, gifts, habilitation, merit, nature, parts, power, quality, scope, stature, strength, talent, value, virtue, worth, worthiness |
| Main Entry: | credit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recognition; trust |
Synonyms: |
Brownie points, acclaim, acknowledgment, approval, attention, belief, commendation, confidence, credence, distinction, faith, fame, glory, honor, kudos*, merit, notice, pat on the back, points, praise, reliance, strokes, thanks, tribute |
Antonyms: |
disacknowledgement, disapproval, disbelief, disclaimer, discredit, dishonor, disregard, disrespect |
| Main Entry: | deserts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | what is due one |
Synonyms: |
chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, compensation, deserving, discipline, disciplining, due, get hers, get his, guerdon, lumps, meed, merit, payment, penalty, punishment, recompense, requital, retribution, return, revenge, reward, right, talion, what is coming to one, what one is asking for |
| Main Entry: | deserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be entitled to |
Synonyms: |
be given one's due, be in line for, be worthy of, demand, earn, gain, get, get comeuppance, get what is coming to one, have it coming, have the right to, justify, lay claim to, merit, procure, rate, warrant, win |
| Main Entry: | dignity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excellence, nobility |
Synonyms: |
address, cachet, character, consequence, courtliness, culture, decency, decorum, distinction, elevation, eminence, ethics, etiquette, glory, grace, grandeur, gravity, greatness, hauteur, honor, importance, loftiness, majesty, merit, morality, nobleness, perfection, poise, prestige, propriety, quality, rank, regard, renown, respectability, seemliness, self-respect, significance, solemnity, splendor, standing, state, stateliness, station, stature, status, sublimity, virtue, worth, worthiness |
Antonyms: |
lowliness |
| Main Entry: | distinction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence; achievement |
Synonyms: |
accolade, account, award, badge, bays, celebrity, consequence, credit, decoration, eminence, excellence, fame, flair, greatness, illustriousness, importance, kudos, laurels, manner, merit, name, note, perfection, preeminence, prestige, quality, rank, renown, reputation, repute, style, superiority, worth |
Antonyms: |
insignificance, lowliness, mediocrity, unimportance |