Definition for Merited:

• properly deserved; " a merited success"

Synonyms for Merited:

• adj.

  •due (adjective)
  • more earned,
  • most earned,
  • most condign,
  • more rhadamanthine,
  • de served,
  • more condign,
  • most rhadamanthine,
  • most justified,
  • more justified,
  • be-coming,
  • de-served.
  •right (adjective)
  • ethical,
  • more stand up,
  • most stand-up,
  • most standup,
  • standup,
  • most stand up,
  • de-cent,
  • more stand-up,
  • de cent,
  • more standup.
  •rightful (adjective)
  • twenty-four carat,
  • moralistic,
  • card-carrying,
  • on the up and up,
  • on up and up,
  • holding water.
  •suitable (adjective)
  • in character,
  • user friendly,
  • good enough,
  • in keeping,
  • more suitable,
  • copacetic,
  • up to snuff.

• n.

  •
  • fitting.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • condign,
  • due,
  • just,
  • scheduled,
  • suitable,
  • Rhadamanthine,
  • be coming,
  • stand-up.
  •n.
  • appropriate,
  • balanced,
  • defensible,
  • deserved,
  • earned,
  • entitled,
  • equitable,
  • even,
  • evenhanded,
  • fair,
  • fit,
  • good,
  • justifiable,
  • justified,
  • lawful,
  • legal,
  • level,
  • meet,
  • proper,
  • qualified,
  • requisite,
  • right,
  • rightful,
  • square,
  • warranted,
  • worthy,
  • Warrantable,
  • well-earned,
  • fair and square,
  • right and proper,
  • meet and right.

Paraphrases for Merited:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    deserved.
  • Proper noun, singular
    merit.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    well-deserved, worthy.
  • Verb, past tense
    warranted, Necessitated, received, required, requires, Garnered, Scored, Gained, won.
  • Verb, past participle
    credited, justifiable, substantiated, rationalized, motivated, unjustified, warranted, Awarded, entitled, vindicated, received, bestowed, conferred, Attracted, dictated, reasoned, granted, attested, Enjoyed, given, Afforded, untenable, Grounded, chosen, Been, Gained, paid, Accorded, allotted, Accounted, won, deserved.

• Other Related

  • Verb, past tense
    needed, deserved.

Antonyms for Merited:

• adj.

  • earned
    inappropriate, unsuitable, incorrect.
  • Other antonyms:
    incoherent, indefensible, unjustifiable, partial, inapposite, arbitrary, irrelevant, inapt, gratuitous, unreasonable, undue, unlawful, inequitable, unwarranted, unmerited, unjust, biased, unfair, undeserved, improper, unequal, illegitimate, unjustified, Irrelative, despotic, inapplicable.

Merited Sentence Examples:

• He had spared Miss Pemberton some mortification, but he had saved Tom Delamere from merited exposure.

• For this I did not have to forgive her, of course, little as I had merited such treatment.

Homophones for Merited:

• marti, main yard, MRTA, main road, minority, marat, mrd, merit, merida, menuridae, marred, mirid, marathi, muroidea, moneywort, minaret, muridae, marut, meryta, minuartia, maraud, manroot, mirth, myriad, mahratta, moorwort, mannered, mahratti, marattia, morta, mart, moonwort, married, maratha, meredith, mired, monarda, miridae, mirrored.