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Antonyms for avail
əˈveɪlavail
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term avail.
Wiktionary
availnoun
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disavailavailnoun
To turn to the advantage of
I availed myself of the opportunity.
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disavailavailverb
To be of service to.
Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
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disavailavailnoun
Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
The avails of this auction will go to the Cancer Society.
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disavailavailverb
To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
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disavailavailverb
An advertising slot or package.
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disavail
English Synonyms and Antonyms
avail
The returns or receipts include all that is received from an outlay or investment; the profit is the excess (if any) of the receipts over the outlay; hence, in government, morals, etc., the profit is what is really good, helpful, useful, valuable. Utility is chiefly used in the sense of some immediate or personal and generally some material good. Advantage is that which gives one a vantage-ground, either for coping with competitors or with difficulties, needs, or demands; as to have the advantage of a good education; it is frequently used of what one has beyond another or secures at the expense of another; as, to have the advantage of another in an argument, or to take advantage of another in a bargain. Gain is what one secures beyond what he previously possessed. Benefit is anything that does one good. Emolument is profit, return, or value accruing through official position. Expediency has respect to profit or advantage, real or supposed, considered apart from or perhaps in opposition to right, in actions having a moral character. Compare UTILITY.
Antonyms:
damage, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, wasteSynonyms:
advantage, benefit, emolument, expediency, gain, good, improvement, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, returns, service, usefulness, utility, valuePreposition:
The profit of labor; on capital; in business.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
avail, help, serviceverb
a means of serving
"of no avail"; "there's no help for it"
Synonyms:
serve, servicing, religious service, assist, serving, supporter, aid, overhaul, assistance, inspection and repair, armed service, divine service, helper, table service, service, service of process, assistant, help, military serviceavailverb
use to one's advantage
"He availed himself of the available resources"
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helpavailverb
be of use to, be useful to
"It will avail them to dispose of their booty"
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helpavail, helpverb
take or use
"She helped herself to some of the office supplies"
Synonyms:
help oneself, aid, assist, help, serve, facilitate
How to use avail in a sentence?
The thing is, I have no luggage number! I had to leave my stuff on the plane! I tried calling again — to no avail, no answer back.
They can't stop someone in the middle of the road, hop out with( guns), create a dangerous situation and avail themselves of stand your ground or self-defense. That's just not how the law's designed to work. it's a travesty of justice that they enjoyed their freedom for 74 days after taking the life of a young black man who was simply jogging. Yet, tomorrow, on Ahmaud's birthday, his parents are denied the simple joy of celebrating with their son.
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I’ve probably wasted a year of my life … getting financial advice, going to workshops, researching on the internet, talking to people, applying for grants and scholarships to no avail and very little success.
Every opportunity was given to Mr. Sharif to avail himself of the (legal) safeguards. The court can do no more than that.
There are few sorrows in which a good income is of no avail.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#972 | loss | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1980 | waste | |
#2266 | damage | |
#2620 | injury | |
#2636 | fail | |
#5093 | hurt | |
#5264 | destruction | |
#6159 | harm | |
#11759 | avail | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#15341 | disadvantage | |
#30803 | detriment | |
#31211 | disappoint | |
#37100 | betray | |
#44966 | hindrance | |
#49680 | helplessness |
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