Synonyms for usefulness
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or degree of being useful.
The usefulness of his latest reorganisation has been disputed.
Forms
- Plural
- usefulnesses → utilities, uses, efficacies, values…
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We say of an invention, its utility is questionable, or, on the other hand, its usefulness has been proved by ample trial, or I have found it of use; still, utility and usefulness are frequently interchanged.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- value We know the value of good health when we are sick.
- efficiency Which is more important, creativity or efficiency?
- utility This antique brazier no longer has any real utility.
- efficacy Don't confuse "efficacy" with "efficiency".
- advantage He took advantage of my ignorance and deceived me.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| usefulness | falling | |
| value | steady | |
| efficiency | falling | |
| utility | falling | |
| efficacy | rising | |
| advantage | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- use1
- 5 letters
- value2
- 6 letters
- profit2
- 7 letters
- utility4
- 8 letters
- efficacy4
- 9 letters
- advantage3
- 10 letters
- efficiency4, expediency5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (value2 = 2 syllables).