convenientadjective
uk/kənˈviː.ni.ənt/us/kənˈviː.ni.ənt/B1 suitable for your purposes and needs and causing the least difficulty:
Our local shop has very convenient opening hours.
A bike's a very convenient way of getting around.
[ + that ] It's very convenient that you live near the office.
[ + to infinitive ] I find it convenient to be able to do my banking online.
What time would it be convenient for me to come over?
Opposite
inconvenient
B1 near or easy to get to or use:
a very convenient bus service
Our new house is very convenient for (= near to) the kids' school.
More examples
- It's very convenient for me to get to the station.
- It's not really convenient for you to come this afternoon.
- The house is in a convenient location for travelling to London.
- It would be more convenient if I could pick up the children at four.
- I find ready cooked meals very convenient.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Suitable and acceptable
- able
- acceptable
- accepted
- accordingly
- age-appropriate
- correct
- doctor
- fit in
- fit in with sth
- fitting
- germane
- horse
- horses for courses idiom
- keeping
- satisfaction
- seasonable
- seemly
- sit right/well (with sb) idiom
- suitable
- valid
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Closeness in distance and time
conveniently
adverb uk/kənˈviː.ni.ənt.li/us/kənˈviː.ni.ənt.li/
Examples
- An additional power switch for the radio is conveniently located next to the steering wheel.
- Conveniently, the supermarket is next to the station so I usually pop in on my way home.
- They have conveniently provided a return envelope for you to use.
- There is a cloakroom situated conveniently next to the front door.
- Steve had to rush off, rather conveniently, to a lunch appointment just when the customer really lost her temper.
B2
The house is conveniently situated near the station and the shops.
humorous I asked her to clean up the kitchen but of course she conveniently forgot (= she forgot because she did not want to do it).