come in handy

Speech parts

1. come in handy - Verb

2. come in handy - Phrase

Meaning

be useful for a certain purpose

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

be good for come in useful be effective be helpful be beneficial be of help be convenient prove useful be suitable be of value be useful be advantageous be efficacious be suited to be practicable
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Antonyms

be worthless be useless turn out to be in vain be ineffectual be pointless be disadvantageous
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Hypernyms

be

Words in the phrase

come in handy

Close letter words and terms

come in for come in for a minute come in from the cold come in here come in here and make come in hot