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convenient

con·ven·ient

convenient

 
 
pronunciation:
kn vin ynt
features:
Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
part of speech: 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
definition 2: easily accessible; nearby.
The house is convenient to downtown.
synonyms:
accessible, close, near, nearby
antonyms:
inconvenient
similar words:
handy, on hand
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)convenient awfully, easy, incredibly, less, merely, more, most, mutually, online, politically, safer, whenever, wherever, wonderfully
(adj.)convenient + adverb downtown, reasonably
(adj.)convenient + noun access, accommodation, airport, alternative, arrangement, bicycle, canister, container, convenience, cooking, culprit, delivery, destination, device, dining, escape, excuse, feature, fiction, format, forum, handle, height, label, location, meal, means, menu, method, option, outlet, package, parking, pen, proximity, rail, reach, route, sampling, scapegoat, schedule, shopping, shorthand, shuttle, snack, source, spot, starting, storage, target, timing, tool, transit, transport, transportation, travel, viewing  [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: conveniently (adv.)
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