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Synonyms for utility
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  1. utilitynoun

    Synonyms:
    usefulness, noteEtymology 1

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  1. 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, usefulness

    Antonyms:
    disadvantage, folly, futility, impolicy, inadequacy, inexpediency, inutility, unprofitableness, uselessness, worthlessness

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  1. utility

    Synonyms:
    usefulness, benefit, profit, advantage, advantageousness, service

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  1. 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 program

    Antonyms:
    uselessness, unusefulness, inutility, superior, primary

  2. utility, usefulnessnoun

    the quality of being of practical use

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

    Antonyms:
    unusefulness, inutility, uselessness, primary, superior

  3. utilitynoun

    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 program

    Antonyms:
    unusefulness, uselessness, inutility, primary, superior

  4. utilitynoun

    (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 program

    Antonyms:
    inutility, unusefulness, uselessness, primary, superior

  5. utility 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 program

    Antonyms:
    inutility, uselessness, unusefulness, superior, primary

  6. utilityadjective

    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 program

    Antonyms:
    uselessness, inutility, unusefulness, primary, superior

  7. utility(a), utility-gradeadjective

    used of beef; usable but inferior

    Antonyms:
    uselessness, inutility, unusefulness, primary, superior

  8. utility(a), substitute(a)adjective

    capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

    "a utility infielder"

    Antonyms:
    unusefulness, inutility, uselessness, superior, primary

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. utilitynoun

    Synonyms:
    usefulness (in an abstract sense), advantageousness, benefit, avail, profit, service, use

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  1. utilitynoun

    Synonyms:
    usefulness

    Antonyms:
    inutility

    Associated words:
    utilitarian, utilitarianism, utilizable

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "utility":

    usefulness, utilities, useful, tool, relevance, value

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#61use
#97service
#410value
#1247tool
#1412useful
#1727benefit
#2314profit
#2419advantage
#2746utilities
#2804utility
#7211relevance
#11759avail
#16611usefulness
#60531expediency

How to use utility in a sentence?

  1. Antonio Pedro Figueira de Mello:

    The governor said there is no risk of water shortages in the short term and Cedae (Rio's water utility) said the city won't run out of water during Carnival, but there is always concern, the situation is serious and we need to conserve water.

  2. Mandy Gunasekara:

    We have shortages, and we have people behind on utility payments before a single cold front has moved across the United States, the Biden administration regularly colludes with these groups to improve their bottom line while ignoring the needs of American families.

  3. Anchorage Municipal Manager Bill Falsey:

    The bottom line on the utility structure is that the power is up, the heat is on, the communication lines are opening.

  4. Colin Pritchard:

    The utility of panel testing is that we know there are a lot more genes beyond BRCA1 and BRCA2 that are associated with cancer predisposition.

  5. Neil Gorsuch:

    The great project of Justice's Scalia's career was to remind us of the differences between judges and legislators, to remind us that legislators may appeal to their own moral convictions and to claims about social utility to reshape the law as they think it should be in the future. But that judges should do none of these things in a democratic society.


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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