convenient

Speech parts

1. convenient - Adjective

2. convenient - Verb

Meaning

Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.

Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools.

Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season.

Near at hand; easy of access.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

proper suitable fit commodious possible right available close near simple lucky handy assistive nifty seasonable
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Antonyms

inconvenient yonder threepenny far away difficult
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Related terms

convenience conveniently convene supervenient

Phrases with the word

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Examples

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are. Ovid

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. Ambrose Bierce

Death is the most convenient time to tax rich people. David Lloyd George

The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic. Ronald Fisher

I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state. Thom Yorke

So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do. Benjamin Franklin

Close letter words and terms

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