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

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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. Pramod Kureel:

   It's far more useful to "DEDICATE" (oneself) for a cause rather than "DIE" for one.

2. Jan Dawson:

   This will be a big deal in creating a much more useful set of apps for the Watch, watch apps could feel slow and unresponsive at times.

3. Vicente Diaz:

   In this case they are not interested in information. They're only interested in the money, they're flexible and quite aggressive and use any tool they find useful for doing whatever they want to do.

4. Cassandra Salgado:

   When we see social mobility going up, in seven to ten days later, we see a rise in cases, and then we see a bigger rise, as we are starting from a higher starting point. These models are really useful to help us prepare.

5. Steve Schale:

   We are still working out what the role will be, but largely will be to support the efforts of the 'Draft' effort, from helping make the public case, as well as working to grow the grassroots organization. As I told Josh Alcorn, I'm just an old political hand here to volunteer, in whatever way they think is most useful.