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[ kuhn-veen-yuhnt ] / kənˈvin yənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR convenient ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivesuitable or agreeable to the needs or purpose; well-suited with respect to facility or ease in use; favorable, easy, or comfortable for use. at hand; easily accessible: Their house is convenient to all transportation. Obsolete. fitting; suitable. Origin of convenient1350–1400; Middle English <Latin convenient- (stem of conveniēns), present participle of convenīre to be suitable, come together. See convene, -ent SYNONYMS FOR convenient1 adapted, serviceable, useful, helpful, advantageous. 2 handy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR convenient ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM convenientcon·ven·ient·ly, adverbqua·si-con·ven·ient, adjectivequa·si-con·ven·ient·ly, adverbsu·per·con·ven·ient, adjective ul·tra·con·ven·ient, adjectiveul·tra·con·ven·ient·ly, adverb Words nearby convenientconvener, convenience, convenience food, convenience store, conveniency, convenient, convent, conventicle, convention, conventional, conventionalism Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for convenientTexas is a convenient base for any Christian obsessed with Israel. The Strange Case of the Christian Zionist Terrorist|Creede Newton|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST We agreed on the Sheppard Centre shopping mall in north Toronto because it was convenient. Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything|Soraya Roberts|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Frank no longer has his convenient foil from The Lay of the Land, his Tibetan associate Mike Mahoney. Richard Ford’s Artful Survivalist Guide: The Return of Frank Bascombe|Tom LeClair|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST But Brown has no interest in insularity or convenient resolutions. Deepwater Horizon: Life Drowning in Oil|Samuel Fragoso|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And, as in countless other countries (Uganda, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria), LGBT people are a convenient scapegoat. Egypt’s LGBTs Fight Grindr Crackdown|Jay Michaelson|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST If you do get hungry for a second meal, eat at the most convenient time; but do not eat until you have a really earned hunger. The Science of Being Well|Wallace Delois Wattles Mrs Gerrarde had a convenient trunk bought at Rochester for the purpose, and assisted herself in laying them up safely. Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph|Frances Sheridan This would be to degrade Him into the head of a rival sect, which it is convenient for state purposes to make supreme. The Gospel of St. John|Frederick Denison Maurice He remained at Caubul with no hope of bringing matters to a favourable issue; but because it was convenient to remain. History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. I (of 3)|Sir John William Kaye As soon after daybreak as possible, monsieur, if that is convenient. In the Day of Adversity|John Bloundelle-Burton
British Dictionary definitions for convenient
adjectivesuitable for one's purpose or needs; opportune easy to use close by or easily accessible; handy Derived forms of convenientconveniently, adverbWord Origin for convenientC14: from Latin conveniēns appropriate, fitting, from convenīre to come together, be in accord with, from venīre to come Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to convenientavailable, timely, beneficial, good, helpful, advantageous, conducive, acceptable, comfortable, favorable, proper, agreeable, user-friendly, suitable, handy, opportune, accessible, immediate, commodious, accommodating |