Thesaurus:worthless
English
Adjective
Sense: having no worth or value
Synonyms
- for the birds (informal)
- good-for-naught
- good-for-nothing
- not worth a damn
- not worth a dime
- not worth a plug nickel
- not worth a brass farthing
- not worth a cent
- not worth a cress
- not worth a curse
- not worth a Continental
- not worth a farthing
- not worth a nickel
- not worth a penny
- not worth salt
- not worth a whistle
- of no value
- otiose
- valueless
- null
- worthless
- worth nothing
- wutless
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Various
Of little value
- low-value
- almost worthless
- nearly worthless
- next to worthless
- near-worthless
- of little value
- of very little value
- of low value
Other near-synonyms
- useless
- unhelpful
- cheap
- a dime a dozen
- ten a penny
- low-grade
- low-quality [⇒ thesaurus]
- junk [⇒ thesaurus]
- junky
- unnecessary
- futile [⇒ thesaurus]
- pointless
- meaningless
- insignificant [⇒ thesaurus]
- unusable
- unprofitable
- barren
- not worth the paper it is printed on
Near-antonyms or non-polar antonyms
Related concepts - abstract
Related concepts - concrete
- trash [⇒ thesaurus]
- trifle [⇒ thesaurus]
- worthless person [⇒ thesaurus]
Related phrases
See also
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 812b. Worthlessness
Further reading
- “worthless” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
- not worth a * at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- of * value,of * worth at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.