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[syn: commodious, convenient]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Convenient \Con*ven"ient\ (?; 277), a. [L. conveniens, -entis,
suitable, p. pr. of convenire to be suitable, to come. See
Convene, v. i.]
1. Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.
[Archaic]
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Feed me with food convenient for me. --Prov. xxx.
8.
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Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor
jesting, which are not convenient. --Eph. v. 4.
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2. Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use;
handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or
tools.
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3. Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion;
a convenient season. --Acts xxiv. 25.
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4. Near at hand; easy of access. [Colloq.]
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Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for
burning. --Thackeray.
Syn: Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly;
commodious.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
convenient
adj 1: suited to your comfort or purpose or needs; "a convenient
excuse for not going" [ant: inconvenient]
2: large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense); "a
commodious harbor"; "a commodious building suitable for
conventions" [syn: commodious, convenient] [ant:
incommodious]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "convenient":
accessible, adaptable, adjacent, advantageous, advisable,
all-around, appropriate, at hand, auspicious, available, becoming,
befitting, close, close at hand, close-by, comfortable, comfy,
commodious, congruous, contented, convenient to, cozy, cushioned,
cushiony, cushy, decent, desirable, ductile, easeful,
easily reached, easy, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous,
fit, fitten, fitting, flexible, foolproof, fortunate, friendly,
fructuous, good, handy, happy, helpful, homelike, homely, homey,
immediate, likely, lived-in, lucky, luxurious, malleable,
manageable, maneuverable, meet, near, nearby, next, nigh,
of all work, on call, on deck, on hand, on tap, opportune,
peaceful, pliable, pliant, politic, practical, profitable, proper,
propinquant, propinquous, propitious, providential, ready,
ready at hand, recommendable, relaxing, reposeful, restful, right,
ripe, roomy, seasonable, seemly, serviceable, snug, soft, sortable,
suitable, timely, to be desired, to hand, tractable, untroublesome,
useful, versatile, warm, well-timed, wieldable, wieldy, wise,
worthwhile, yielding