Synonyms for convenient
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Handy — serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient
easy, handy, comfortable, simple, useful, good, expedient, suitable, advantageous, helpful, appropriate, ready, timely, fit, proper, opportune, meet, favorable US, favourable UK, serviceable, seemly, seasonable
2. Commodious
commodious, roomy, snug, rangy
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
Fast food might be convenient, but it's also very unhealthy.
- adj. 2
Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.
How convenient that you caught a cold the night before your essay was due.
Related words
- Word family
- convene convenience conveniently
Example sentences
- useful Rocks and minerals are useful for us in many ways.
- comfortable This house is anything but comfortable to live in.
- handy My hands come in handy when I have no other tools.
- expedient Never lie if the truth is more expedient.
- accessible Algeria has a lot of accessible natural resources.
- portable Octopuses use coconut shells as portable shelters.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| convenient | falling | |
| useful | steady | |
| comfortable | rising | |
| handy | rising | |
| expedient | falling | |
| accessible | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fit1
- 4 letters
- good1, easy2, meet1, snug1
- 5 letters
- ready2, handy2, roomy2, rangy2
- 6 letters
- simple2, useful2, proper2, timely2, seemly
- 7 letters
- helpful2
- 8 letters
- suitable3, portable3
- 9 letters
- favorable4, expedient4, opportune3
- 10 letters
- accessible4, favourable, commodious4, seasonable4
- 11 letters
- comfortable4, appropriate4, serviceable4
- 12 letters
- advantageous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (easy2 = 2 syllables).