convenient

[kuhn-veen-yuhnt] / kənˈvin yənt /

ADJECTIVE

appropriate, useful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable advantageous agreeable available beneficial comfortable conducive favorable good handy helpful opportune proper suitable timely user-friendly

STRONG

commodious

WEAK

accommodating adaptable adapted aiding assisting contributive decent fit fitted in public interest ready roomy seasonable serviceable suited time-saving well-planned

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad disadvantageous disagreeable harmful hindering hurtful hurting improper inappropriate injurious inopportune mean misbehaving unacceptable unfavorable unhandy unhelpful unpleasant unsuitable useless

WEAK

awkward distant inconvenient ineffectual unadaptable unavailable unsuited unuseful

ADJECTIVE

nearby

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accessible available handy immediate

WEAK

adjacent adjoining all around at elbows at fingertips at hand central close close-at-hand close-by contiguous easy to reach in neighborhood next next door nigh on deck on tap under one's nose within reach

Antonyms

WEAK

awkward distant far out-of-the-way unavailable

Example Sentences

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The location of the estate, which was built in 1926, offers convenient access to nearby amenities.

From MarketWatch

The university’s location, near Scotland’s legendary links, also offers parents a convenient excuse for a world-class golf trip.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Within the confines of the law” is a convenient disclaimer.

From Salon

Team USA has always had a convenient excuse to explain away its disappointing track record in the World Baseball Classic.

From The Wall Street Journal

The outages have "gotten worse lately", Nikolay, a 20-year-old student who refused to give his full name, told AFP in Moscow, adding that "using the internet has become less convenient".

From Barron's

convenient

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