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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
suitable and easily turned to one's needs, purposes, or comfort.
Frozen dinners are convenient when you have little time to cook.Saying that his wife needed him at home was just a convenient excuse to get out of there.It's more convenient to take the subway now that they've put on more trains.- synonyms:
- expedient, handy, helpful, useful
- antonyms:
- cumbersome, difficult, inconvenient, inexpedient
- similar words:
- advantageous, appropriate, beneficial, favorable, suitable
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| definition 2: |
easily accessible; nearby.
The house is convenient to downtown.- synonyms:
- accessible, close, near, nearby
- antonyms:
- inconvenient
- similar words:
- handy, on hand
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| related words: |
applicable, central, helpful, opportune, right, ripe, useful |
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| derivation: |
conveniently (adv.) |
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