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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. suited to your comfort or purpose or needs;
- Example: "a convenient excuse for not going"

2. large and roomy (`convenient'; is archaic in this sense);
- Example: "a commodious harbor"
- Example: "a commodious building suitable for conventions"
[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] [1913 Webster] Feed me with food convenient for me. --Prov. xxx. 8. [1913 Webster] Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient. --Eph. v. 4. [1913 Webster] 2. Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools. [1913 Webster] 3. Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season. --Acts xxiv. 25. [1913 Webster] 4. Near at hand; easy of access. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. --Thackeray. Syn: Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious. [1913 Webster]
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]