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[ yoos-fuhl ] / ˈyus fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR useful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebeing of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society. of practical use, as for doing work; producing material results; supplying common needs: the useful arts; useful work. Origin of usefulFirst recorded in 1585–95; use + -ful SYNONYMS FOR useful1, 2 profitable, efficacious, beneficial. SEE SYNONYMS FOR useful ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR usefulSEE ANTONYMS FOR useful ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM usefuluse·ful·ly, adverbuse·ful·ness, nounun·use·ful, adjectiveun·use·ful·ly, adverb un·use·ful·ness, noun Words nearby usefuluse, use-by date, USECC, used, used to, useful, use immunity, useless, Usenet, use one's head, user Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for usefulFor the aficionado or the neophyte, Comics is a useful overview of a richly creative period in a burgeoning art. The Best Coffee Table Books of 2014|Robert Birnbaum|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST For those unfamiliar with Michals, an annotated biography and useful essays are included. The Best Coffee Table Books of 2014|Robert Birnbaum|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Ten years earlier, when he had first started thinking about making this film, he had made such a trip and found it useful. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Claiming to be useful against Ebola, autism, and cancer, Young Living Essential Oils came under fire from the FDA. Honey Boo Boo, Snake Oil, and Ebola: The Weird World of Young Living Essential Oils|Kent Sepkowitz|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Available at Amazon Vince Camuto Moto Baseball Cap, $34 Baseball caps may be useful on the road, but they scream “tourist!” The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Anthony Bourdain in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST All of which information, useful in a way, no doubt, was accepted by Jack with a smile. The Golf Course Mystery|Chester K. Steele Why, you fool, he's just a little clerk that was useful, and was going to get a tip for his pains. Hurricane Island|H. B. Marriott Watson This would make God descend to the level of the useful, as if our wants were the measure of the Absolute. Bouvard and Pcuchet|Gustave Flaubert Heaven had denied all the useful domestic animals to America. Calavar|Robert Montgomery Bird These all work every other day at manual labor or some useful trade. Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers|Elbert Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for useful
adjectiveable to be used advantageously, beneficially, or for several purposes; helpful or serviceable informal commendable or capablea useful term's work nounAustralian informal an odd-jobman or general factotum Derived forms of usefulusefully, adverbusefulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to usefulprofitable, good, helpful, effective, convenient, fruitful, practical, appropriate, favorable, proper, pragmatic, suitable, handy, advantageous, utile, applied, brave, commodious, fit, functional |