Words and phrases that have a meaning related to merit: (182 results)
Often used in the same context:
deserving, seniority, deservedness, justification, validity, sour grapes, favoritism, qualifications, prejudice, tokenism, meritocracy, reasonableness, appropriateness, locus standi, relevance, originality, ipse dixit, fairness, untimeliness, flagrancy, rigor, rigorousness, hearsay, pursuable, competence, consideration, prejudgment, credence, totality, objectivity, plausibility, impartiality, bias, scintilla, partiality, arbitrariness, falsity, blameworthiness, moot, conclusiveness, achievement, frivolousness, impropriety, judicial, rationale, reasoning, excessiveness, rightfulness, impressiveness, worthiness, unfairness, extenuating circumstances, tenability, competency, predetermination, malice, veracity, basing, legitimacy, giftedness, illogicality, indigency, quibble, propriety, objection, technicality, criterion, mala fide, monism, assiduity, numerosity, disinterestedness, definiteness, hogwash, supposition, averment, cognizable, constitutionality, unreasonableness, emoluments, awarding, simpliciter, hairsplitting, elitism, practicability, incompetency, vindication, unfitness, aspersion, inapplicability, prima facie, egregiousness, presupposition, obiter dictum, infeasibility, motivation, wrongdoing, exceptionality, subjectivity, repugnancy, dubiety, quo warranto, merits, excellence, worth, aptitude, excellences, talent, demerit, attainments, interest, demerits, genius, virtue, credibility, excellencies, honour, accomplishment, excellency, incentive, pay, support, autocratic, bed, capacity, cartridge, collective, contract, culture, decision, delegate, disposable, framing, graph, hased, home, honor, ict, image
Appears in the definition of:
average, award, bookworm, credible, eagle scout, earned, entertainingly, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, grant, honorable mention, inconsiderable, knight, mention, meritless, merit pay, no-account, no-count, no-good, pedant, plausible, rating system, scholarship, scholastic, scoring system, shining, sorry, unearned, unmeritorious, unworthiness, unworthy, valuable, work of art, worthful, worthiness, worthy
More general:
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Also try:deserve, deservingness, meritoriousness, rate
— Adjectives for merit: great, literary, own, considerable, artistic, real, little, much, intrinsic, chief, personal, more...
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