- advantageous
- appropriate
- convenient
- effective
- favorable
- fruitful
- good
- handy
- helpful
- practical
- pragmatic
- profitable
- proper
- suitable
- utile
- all-purpose
- applied
- brave
- commodious
- fit
- functional
- instrumental
- meet
- of assistance
- of service
- of use
- practicable
- propitious
- purposive
- salutary
- serviceable
- subsidiary
- suited
- toward
On this page you’ll find 134 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to useful, such as: advantageous, appropriate, convenient, effective, favorable, and fruitful.
antonyms for useful
- awkward
- bad
- disadvantageous
- disagreeable
- harmful
- hurtful
- impotent
- improper
- inappropriate
- incapable
- inconvenient
- injurious
- misbehaving
- unacceptable
- unfitting
- unhandy
- unhelpful
- unproductive
- unskilled
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- useless
- worthless
- unusable
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WORDS RELATED TO USEFUL
- applicative
- applicatory
- apposite
- apropos
- apt
- associable
- befitting
- felicitous
- fit
- fitting
- germane
- kosher
- legit
- material
- on the button
- on the nose
- on-target
- pertinent
- relevant
- right on
- suitable
- suited
- that’s the idea
- that’s the ticket
- to the point
- to the purpose
- useful
- adapted
- applicable
- appurtenant
- apropos
- apt
- becoming
- befitting
- belonging
- congruous
- convenient
- correct
- deserved
- desired
- due
- felicitous
- fit
- fitting
- germane
- good
- just
- on the button
- on the nose
- opportune
- pertinent
- proper
- relevant
- right
- rightful
- seemly
- tailor-made
- true
- useful
- well-suited
- well-timed
- altruistic
- beneficial
- benevolent
- benign
- benignant
- big-hearted
- charitable
- favorable
- generous
- good
- helpful
- humanitarian
- kind
- propitious
- useful
- benign
- constructive
- favorable
- favoring
- gainful
- good
- good for what ails you
- healthful
- helpful
- profitable
- propitious
- salubrious
- salutary
- serviceable
- toward
- useful
- valuable
- what the doctor ordered
- wholesome
- worthy
- advantageous
- benefic
- beneficent
- benign
- encouraging
- favorable
- good
- healing
- helpful
- useful
- basic
- compact
- marrowy
- practical
- to-the-point
- useful
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useful
adjective
Definition of useful
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as in applicable
capable of being put to use or account
useful suggestions for limiting the amount of food we eat
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usable
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serviceable
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working
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available
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handy
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utilitarian
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ultrapractical
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accessible
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obtainable
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mundane
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employed
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reachable
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operating
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functioning
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operative
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active
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down—to—earth
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all—round
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busy
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banausic
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alive
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all—around
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impractical
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abstract
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unobtainable
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unsuitable
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academical
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unreachable
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armchair
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as in available
capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose
I’ve found this tool really useful for making sure all my pictures are hung straight
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available
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functional
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practicable
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usable
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operable
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useable
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feasible
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exploitable
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employable
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relevant
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serviceable
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fit
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viable
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applicable
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workable
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doable
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reusable
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unavailable
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impracticable
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unusable
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unemployable
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inoperable
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nonfunctional
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unavailable
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impracticable
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unusable
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unemployable
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inoperable
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nonfunctional
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as in helpful
providing service or assistance
hopefully, the consultant’s financial advice will prove useful in planning for our retirement
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efficacious
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profitable
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productive
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facilitative
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salutary
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accommodating
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obliging
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