be useful

Synonyms

serve avail suffice fill the bill pitch in fit the bill come in handy

Antonyms

fleece tank founder exploit manipulate fold
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Examples

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference. Paulo Coelho

Be useful where thou livest. George Herbert

To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives. John Forbes Nash

Ask for a science that would be useful to you, would keep you from harm and shame, then elevate you. Arabic Proverb

Do not spit into a well-it may be useful to drink water. Russian Proverb

Words in the phrase

be useful

Close letter words and terms

be used free of charge be used to be used up be useful to be useful to someone be useless