Synonyms for useful
ˈyus fəluse·ful

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1. usefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   serviceable, utilitarian, noteful

   Antonyms:
   unuseful, harmful, useless

2. usefuladjective

   Having a practical or beneficial use.

   This tool is very useful. It makes doing this task a lot easier.

   Synonyms:
   noteful, serviceable, utilitarian

   Antonyms:
   harmful, useless, unuseful

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.2 / 5 votes

1. useful

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, wholesome

   Antonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. useful

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, profitable, helpful, serviceable, beneficial, available, adapted, suited, conducive

   Antonyms:
   disadvantageous, unprofitable, obstructive, retardative, preventative, antagonistic, hostile, cumbersome, burdensome, unbeneficial, unavailable, inconducive, useless, fruitless, ineffectual

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1. useful, utileadjective

   being of use or service

   "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"

   Synonyms:
   utilitarian, utile

   Antonyms:
   nonfunctional, inutile, futile, ineffectual, otiose, unuseable, unusable, unserviceable, useless, unavailing

2. utilitarian, usefuladjective

   having a useful function

   "utilitarian steel tables"

   Synonyms:
   utilitarian, utile

   Antonyms:
   otiose, inutile, ineffectual, unavailing, nonfunctional, unuseable, useless, futile, unusable, unserviceable

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. advantageous.

   Submitted by ahmedamr7383 on November 29, 2022  

2. workful

   being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect.

   you saw nothing in london but what was severely workful.

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. usefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, profitable, beneficial, serviceable, helpful, available, good, salutary, convenient

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1. usefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   serviceable, advantageous, available

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1. List of paraphrases for "useful":

   helpful, beneficial, valuable, worthwhile, meaningful, utility, usefulness, handy, relevant, good, fruitful, usable, salutary, instrumental, úteis, mufid, serviceable, usefully, interesting, advantageous, effective, worth, appropriate, instructive, sensible, actionable, desirable, convenient, advisable, benefit

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How to use useful in a sentence?

1. Alva Ferdinand:

   The law can be a very useful public health intervention. There are lives that can be saved and injuries prevented as a result of these laws.

2. Marco Rubio:

   It really gives you pause to think a little bit about, you know, your service to your country and where you can be most useful to your country.

3. Paween Pongsirin:

   I am truly sorry about this, i still want to be a policeman and be useful to society.

4. Mark Krikorian:

   Doing database checks doesn’t help much if you don’t have anything useful in the database on most people, we don’t have any information on who these people are. We don’t have access on Syrian vital statistics or government records, if they even still exist.

5. Dena Dubal:

   The question we are answering next is what does this mean for [brain] disease and how can this be translated into some kind of therapeutic to help people suffering? as we move into the world of personalized medicine, it will be really important and useful to know how one’s genetics, lifestyle and environment affect their trajectory for healthy or unhealthy brain aging.