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Synonyms for useful
ˈyus fəluse·ful
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Wiktionary
usefuladjective
Synonyms:
serviceable, utilitarian, notefulusefuladjective
Having a practical or beneficial use.
This tool is very useful. It makes doing this task a lot easier.
Synonyms:
noteful, serviceable, utilitarian
English Synonyms and Antonyms
useful
Synonyms:
advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, wholesomeAntonyms:
bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
useful
Synonyms:
advantageous, profitable, helpful, serviceable, beneficial, available, adapted, suited, conduciveAntonyms:
disadvantageous, unprofitable, obstructive, retardative, preventative, antagonistic, hostile, cumbersome, burdensome, unbeneficial, unavailable, inconducive, useless, fruitless, ineffectual
Princeton's WordNet
useful, utileadjective
being of use or service
"the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
Synonyms:
utilitarian, utileAntonyms:
nonfunctional, inutile, futile, ineffectual, otiose, unuseable, unusable, unserviceable, useless, unavailingutilitarian, usefuladjective
having a useful function
"utilitarian steel tables"
Synonyms:
utilitarian, utileAntonyms:
otiose, inutile, ineffectual, unavailing, nonfunctional, unuseable, useless, futile, unusable, unserviceable
Editors Contribution
advantageous.
Submitted by ahmedamr7383 on November 29, 2022workful
being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect.
you saw nothing in london but what was severely workful.
Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
usefuladjective
Synonyms:
advantageous, profitable, beneficial, serviceable, helpful, available, good, salutary, convenient
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
usefuladjective
Synonyms:
serviceable, advantageous, available
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "useful":
helpful, beneficial, valuable, worthwhile, meaningful, utility, usefulness, handy, relevant, good, fruitful, usable, salutary, instrumental, úteis, mufid, serviceable, usefully, interesting, advantageous, effective, worth, appropriate, instructive, sensible, actionable, desirable, convenient, advisable, benefit
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How to use useful in a sentence?
In a car, if you had software that can sync with your WeChat, that would be very useful.
As an amphibian biologist concerned about the loss of amphibian species around the globe, it is important to note that they may hold important secrets useful for human medicine and they should be preserved.
The question we are answering next is what does this mean for [brain] disease and how can this be translated into some kind of therapeutic to help people suffering? as we move into the world of personalized medicine, it will be really important and useful to know how one’s genetics, lifestyle and environment affect their trajectory for healthy or unhealthy brain aging.
The way Jair Bolsonaro narrative is built, to a large extent, as a copy or a mirror image of the narrative that they have in United States is very useful in the sense of showing people this is happening in other places, too. This proves the whole idea that there is a global conspiracy, a global left wing conspiracy to keep us, the people who represent the real people, out of power.
Theres still tons to be learned from these evolutionary marvels, including information that will potentially be useful to fight cancer and age-related diseases, and improve wound healing treatments in humans, as we uncover how these animals do it.
Translations for useful
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- geskiktAfrikaans
- مفيد, نافعArabic
- lazımlıAzerbaijani
- полезенBulgarian
- útilCatalan, Valencian
- užitečnýCzech
- buddiolWelsh
- nyttigDanish
- nützlichGerman
- χρήσιμοςGreek
- utilaEsperanto
- útilSpanish
- kasulikEstonian
- مفید, سودمندPersian
- käytännöllinen, hyödyllinenFinnish
- nýttigurFaroese
- utileFrench
- nuttichWestern Frisian
- úsáideachIrish
- goireasachScottish Gaelic
- útilGalician
- upayogiHindi
- itilHaitian Creole
- hasznosHungarian
- bergunaIndonesian
- gagnlegurIcelandic
- utileItalian
- სასარგებლოGeorgian
- بهکهڵک, بهسوود, به دهسدKurdish
- utilisLatin
- naudingasLithuanian
- derīgsLatvian
- whaihuaMāori
- хэрэгтэйMongolian
- bergunaMalay
- dienstig, bruikbaar, nuttigDutch
- nyttigNorwegian
- pożytecznyPolish
- útilPortuguese
- trebuincios, util, folositorRomanian
- практичный, пригодный, полезный, нелишнийRussian
- užitočnýSlovak
- uporabenSlovene
- dobishëmAlbanian
- nyttig, användbarSwedish
- faidaSwahili
- ఉపయోగకరముTelugu
- ที่มีประโยชน์Thai
- may bisa, makabuluhanTagalog
- yararlı, faydalıTurkish
- bolmaqUyghur, Uighur
- кориснийUkrainian
- مفیدUrdu
- có íchVietnamese
- nusikYiddish
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