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Synonyms for deserve

Most common

earn merit

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.

    We don't think your article deserves reading.

Related words

Word family
desert
Is a kind of
acquire get obtain

Forms

Past participle
deserved
e.g. deserved → merited, earnt…

Example sentences

  • earn Tom doesn't earn enough money to support a family.
  • merit I don't know that there's any great merit in that.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
deserverising
earnsteady
meritfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
win1
4 letters
earn1
5 letters
merit2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (merit2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
mériter
Italiano
meritare
Español
merecer