Antonyms for useful
ˈyus fəluse·ful

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.6 / 7 votes

1. usefuladjective

   Antonyms:
   unuseful, harmful, useless

   Synonyms:
   serviceable, utilitarian, noteful

2. usefuladjective

   Having a practical or beneficial use.

   This tool is very useful. It makes doing this task a lot easier.

   Synonyms:
   noteful, serviceable, utilitarian

   Antonyms:
   harmful, useless, unuseful

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.2 / 5 votes

1. useful

   Antonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, wholesome

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. useful

   Antonyms:
   disadvantageous, unprofitable, obstructive, retardative, preventative, antagonistic, hostile, cumbersome, burdensome, unbeneficial, unavailable, inconducive, useless, fruitless, ineffectual

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, profitable, helpful, serviceable, beneficial, available, adapted, suited, conducive

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. useful, utileadjective

   being of use or service

   "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"

   Antonyms:
   nonfunctional, inutile, futile, ineffectual, otiose, unuseable, unusable, unserviceable, useless, unavailing

   Synonyms:
   utilitarian, utile

2. utilitarian, usefuladjective

   having a useful function

   "utilitarian steel tables"

   Antonyms:
   otiose, inutile, ineffectual, unavailing, nonfunctional, unuseable, useless, futile, unusable, unserviceable

   Synonyms:
   utilitarian, utile

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1. usefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   serviceable, advantageous, available

How to use useful in a sentence?

1. Kathleen Wilson:

   The coolness of water will make a swimmer less aware of a growing sunburn, while reflection of sunlight is more apparent on the beach, it can occur in the water as well. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends reapplying sunscreen at least every two hours to remain protected or immediately after a swim or excessive sweating occurs. For long-distance swimmers, re-applying sunscreen can be impossible once it wears off, so using an alternative like Balmex can be necessary, said Wilson. Traditionally used to treat diaper rash, Wilson said the key ingredient of zinc oxide makes Balmex a useful sunscreen. Its stickiness and adherence to the skin for lengthy periods provides swimmers with adequate sun protection, she said. Exposure to bacteria, parasites Swimmers may be unaware of the dangers of toxic algae, bacterial growth and parasites that thrive in warmer waters. There's also an extremely rare risk of exposure to Naegleria fowleri, a deadly brain-eating amoeba found in bodies of warm freshwater.

2. Roosh Valizadeh:

   Social status is a useful shortcut for women to judge the value of a man.

3. Richard Clarida:

   What does a full employment mandate mean? Sometimes these conversations can get very 'NAIRU-centric,' the labor market is a very complex organism and it is useful to keep multiple indicators.

4. Jeev Trika:

   Before Google refined their algorithm, getting on the first page of search results often could be achieved with tactics like keyword stuffing and artificial linking schemes, but those days are gone, because of changes to Google’s algorithms, Internet entrepreneurs and Web publishers like myself now go the extra mile to provide websites and articles that are relevant, useful, and written to journalistic standards, and that has made the virtual world a better place.

5. Akinyande Ayomide:

   To be so important is to be very useful

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