Synonyms for avail
əˈveɪlavail

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1. availnoun

   Antonyms:
   disavail

2. availnoun

   To turn to the advantage of

   I availed myself of the opportunity.

   Antonyms:
   disavail

3. availverb

   To be of service to.

   Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.

   Antonyms:
   disavail

4. availnoun

   Proceeds; profits from business transactions.

   The avails of this auction will go to the Cancer Society.

   Antonyms:
   disavail

5. availverb

   To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.

   Antonyms:
   disavail

6. availverb

   An advertising slot or package.

   Antonyms:
   disavail

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1. 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.

   Synonyms:
   advantage, benefit, emolument, expediency, gain, good, improvement, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, returns, service, usefulness, utility, value

   Antonyms:
   damage, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, waste

   Preposition:
   The profit of labor; on capital; in business.

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1. availverb

   Synonyms:
   suffice, hold, stand, endure, answer, tell, profit, help, benefit, advantage, service, use, utility

   Antonyms:
   fail, fall, disappoint, betray

2. avail

   Synonyms:
   profit, help, benefit, advantage, use, utility, service

   Antonyms:
   disadvantage, hindrance, helplessness

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1. 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 service

2. availverb

   use to one's advantage

   "He availed himself of the available resources"

   Synonyms:
   help

3. availverb

   be of use to, be useful to

   "It will avail them to dispose of their booty"

   Synonyms:
   help

4. avail, helpverb

   take or use

   "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"

   Synonyms:
   help oneself, aid, assist, help, serve, facilitate

Matched Categories

1. • Help
   • Utilize

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1. availverb

   Synonyms:
   benefit, profit, be of advantage to

2. availverb

   Synonyms:
   be of advantage, do good, be of use, answer the purpose

3. availnoun

   Synonyms:
   profit, advantage, benefit, use, utility, service

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1. List of paraphrases for "avail":

   success

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1. The ACLU:

   While Officer Middleton’s actions may warrant some level of disciplinary action, it is particularly concerning he was more swiftly investigated and harshly punished for sharing non-critical information than officers who use excessive force against protesters or create the culture of racism and hostility Middleton reported to no avail.

2. Miles Kupa:

   It was evident that there was no flexibility in their position, but that said, I think it was incumbent on us to do everything we could. ... In the end, that proved to be of no avail.

3. Mahabharata:

   Of what avail is the praise or censure of the vulgar, who make a useless noise like a senseless crow in a forest?

4. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.

5. Pervez Kamal:

   There was no other option. We have run so many awareness campaigns for the parents and general masses that there is no harm in the vaccine, but to no avail.