noteworthy
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of noteworthy
Explanation
If you keep a journal, you probably write the day's most noteworthy events in it, or the most remarkable things that happen to you. Something is described as noteworthy when it's worth taking interest in it. Your teacher's enormous new beehive hairdo might be noteworthy to you, while her insight into the history of your town might be less noteworthy. The adjective noteworthy is a compound word made from note plus worthy; in other words, if something's worthy of making a note about it, it's noteworthy.
Vocabulary lists containing noteworthy
Very Necessary: Synonyms for "Important"
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Part 3 Vocabulary (Unit 1)
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for December 15–December 21, 2024
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Example Sentences
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The magnitude of the change was especially noteworthy.
From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026
This fervor for SpaceX stock is noteworthy because it comes at a time when retail investors are actually a little skeptical of the market.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
One noteworthy change is to “Liquid Glass,” the ultra-transparent design for its operating systems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
“One model we found particularly noteworthy is MAI-Thinking-1, Microsoft’s first reasoning model built at a low-token cost,” KeyBanc analyst Jackson Ader said.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
When Sula imitated her, or tried to, those long years ago, it always ended up in some acdon noteworthy not for its coolness but mostly for its being bizarre.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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