Synonyms for usefulness
use·ful·ness

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1. usefulness

   The returns or receipts include all that is received from an outlay or investment; the profit is the excess (if any) of the receipts over the outlay; hence, in government, morals, etc., the profit is what is really good, helpful, useful, valuable. Utility is chiefly used in the sense of some immediate or personal and generally some material good. Advantage is that which gives one a vantage-ground, either for coping with competitors or with difficulties, needs, or demands; as to have the advantage of a good education; it is frequently used of what one has beyond another or secures at the expense of another; as, to have the advantage of another in an argument, or to take advantage of another in a bargain. Gain is what one secures beyond what he previously possessed. Benefit is anything that does one good. Emolument is profit, return, or value accruing through official position. Expediency has respect to profit or advantage, real or supposed, considered apart from or perhaps in opposition to right, in actions having a moral character. Compare UTILITY.

   Synonyms:
   advantage, avail, benefit, emolument, expediency, gain, good, improvement, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, returns, service, utility, value

   Antonyms:
   damage, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, waste

   Preposition:
   The profit of labor; on capital; in business.

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1. utility, usefulnessnoun

   the quality of being of practical use

   Synonyms:
   public utility company, public-service corporation, utility, public utility, service program, utility program

   Antonyms:
   unusefulness, uselessness, inutility

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1. • Quality

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1. usefulnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   utility, advantage

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1. List of paraphrases for "usefulness":

   utility, relevance, useful, value, desirability, helpfulness, benefit, use, effectiveness, feasibility, interest

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1. Walter Savage Landor:

   Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend.

2. Charles Simmons:

   Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

3. Josh Billings:

   My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.

4. Lewis Thomas:

   We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is about as close to a 'common goal' of nature as I can guess at. And finally, and perhaps best of all, we have music.

5. Patrick Murray:

   It's obvious that this police board has outserved its usefulness.