convenient
- suitable 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 convenient
Synonyms for convenient
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available, timely, beneficial, good, helpful, advantageous, conducive, acceptable, comfortable, favorable, proper, agreeable, user-friendly, suitable, handy, opportune, accessible, immediate, commodious, accommodatingExamples from the Web for convenient
Contemporary Examples of convenient
Texas is a convenient base for any Christian obsessed with Israel.
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 AnythingSoraya Roberts
November 13, 2014
Frank no longer has his convenient foil from The Lay of the Land, his Tibetan associate Mike Mahoney.
But Brown has no interest in insularity or convenient resolutions.
And, as in countless other countries (Uganda, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria), LGBT people are a convenient scapegoat.
Historical Examples of convenient
Would his employer be so kind as to excuse him for an hour, if convenient?
Ester Ried Yet SpeakingIsabella Alden
Certainly, it would be convenient to please Mrs. Evan Roberts.
Ester Ried Yet SpeakingIsabella Alden
It will be convenient to deal with the fortunes of the right column first.
The Story of the Malakand Field ForceSir Winston S. Churchill
"It hasn't been convenient to do it before," was the crisp answer.
DustMr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Duties often spring up to our view at a convenient opportunity.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
convenient
- suitable for one's purpose or needs; opportune
- easy to use
- close by or easily accessible; handy
Word Origin for convenient
Word Origin and History for convenient
late 14c., from Latin convenientem (nominative conveniens), present participle of convenire (see convene).