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Synonyms for utility
yuˈtɪl ɪ tiutil·i·ty
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Wiktionary
utilitynoun
Synonyms:
usefulness, noteEtymology 1
English Synonyms and Antonyms
utility
Utility (Latin utilis, useful) signifies primarily the quality of being useful, but is somewhat more abstract and philosophical than usefulness or use, and is often employed to denote adaptation to produce a valuable result, while usefulness denotes the actual production of such result. We contrast beauty and utility. We say of an invention, its utility is questionable, or, on the other hand, its usefulness has been proved by ample trial, or I have found it of use; still, utility and usefulness are frequently interchanged. Expediency (Latin ex, out, and pes, foot; literally, the getting the foot out) refers primarily to escape from or avoidance of some difficulty or trouble; either expediency or utility may be used to signify profit or advantage considered apart from right as the ground of moral obligation, or of actions that have a moral character, expediency denoting immediate advantage on a contracted view, and especially with reference to avoiding danger, difficulty, or loss, while utility may be so broadened as to cover all existence through all time, as in the utilitarian theory of morals. Policy is often used in a kindred sense, more positive than expediency but narrower than utility, as in the proverb, "Honesty is the best policy." Compare PROFIT.
Synonyms:
advantage, avail, benefit, expediency, profit, service, serviceableness, use, usefulnessAntonyms:
disadvantage, folly, futility, impolicy, inadequacy, inexpediency, inutility, unprofitableness, uselessness, worthlessness
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
utility
Synonyms:
usefulness, benefit, profit, advantage, advantageousness, service
Princeton's WordNet
utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporationnoun
a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
Synonyms:
public utility company, public-service corporation, usefulness, public utility, service program, utility programAntonyms:
uselessness, unusefulness, inutility, superior, primaryutility, usefulnessnoun
the quality of being of practical use
Synonyms:
public utility company, public-service corporation, usefulness, public utility, service program, utility programAntonyms:
unusefulness, inutility, uselessness, primary, superiorutilitynoun
the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
"the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"
Synonyms:
public utility company, public-service corporation, usefulness, public utility, service program, utility programAntonyms:
unusefulness, uselessness, inutility, primary, superiorutilitynoun
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
Synonyms:
public utility company, public-service corporation, usefulness, public utility, service program, utility programAntonyms:
inutility, unusefulness, uselessness, primary, superiorutility program, utility, service programnoun
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
"a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users"
Synonyms:
public utility company, service program, usefulness, public-service corporation, public utility, utility programAntonyms:
inutility, uselessness, unusefulness, superior, primaryutilityadjective
a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
"the price of the house included all utilities"
Synonyms:
public utility company, public-service corporation, usefulness, public utility, service program, utility programAntonyms:
uselessness, inutility, unusefulness, primary, superiorutility(a), utility-gradeadjective
used of beef; usable but inferior
Antonyms:
uselessness, inutility, unusefulness, primary, superiorutility(a), substitute(a)adjective
capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
"a utility infielder"
Antonyms:
unusefulness, inutility, uselessness, superior, primary
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
utilitynoun
Synonyms:
usefulness (in an abstract sense), advantageousness, benefit, avail, profit, service, use
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
utilitynoun
Synonyms:
usefulnessAntonyms:
inutilityAssociated words:
utilitarian, utilitarianism, utilizable
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How to use utility in a sentence?
The utility of the PARP inhibitors could be much broader than just patients that have a tumor with the BRCA mutation, that becomes relevant when you start thinking about the drugs' role in other tumor types like prostate cancer and breast cancer where the incidence of new patients each year is much greater than in ovarian cancer.
Take that utility player approach, companies are dealing with so much uncertainty. They don't have the same predictably they use to have on how work gets done.
At best, it could be seen as a half-step, but not a full step, to embracing the actual medical utility of cannabis.
Parents of all socioeconomic statuses do a bit of cost benefit analysis when they decide whether and how much to participate in well-baby care, if they must take a day or afternoon off work, negotiate complex transportation logistics, or miss out on time they could be spending attending to more pressing issues – like food, housing or utility insecurity – then they want to feel there is a clear benefit to doing so.
George Santayana, Life of Reason (1905) vol. 4, ch. 4:
Music is essentially useless, as life is: but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions.
Translations for utility
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- فائدةArabic
- užitek, užitečnostCzech
- NützlichkeitGerman
- χρησιμότηταGreek
- utilecoEsperanto
- utilidad, conveniencia, proveedor de serviciosSpanish
- kasulikkusEstonian
- ابزارPersian
- hyödyllisyys, hyödyke, palveluFinnish
- utilité, utilitaireFrench
- mathScottish Gaelic
- utilidadeGalician
- fornitore, servizio, attrezzo, strumento, utilitàItalian
- 実用品, 有用性, ユーティリティ, 効用Japanese
- handigheid, hulpmiddel, handigs, bruikbaarheid, hulpprogramma, voorzieningDutch
- użyteczność, program użytkowyPolish
- utilidadePortuguese
- folos, utilitateRomanian
- обслу́живающая програ́мма, утилита, утили́та, поле́зность, [[полезныйRussian
- úžitokSlovak
- verk, vattenverk, leverantör, värmeverk, tillämpning, applikation, verktyg, kraftverk, tjänsteleverantör, användbarhet, lönsamhet, användbarSwedish
- YararTurkish
- корисністьUkrainian
- hữu íchVietnamese
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