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Synonyms for utility

  • noun

Most common

usefulness advantageousness

All synonyms

Noun

1. Usefulness

usefulness, service, use, value, benefit, advantage

Other

public utility, advantageousness

Antonyms

disutility, inutility

All antonyms of utility →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.

Related words

Word family
utilitarian
Phrases
utility pole utility ball public utility utility key marginal utility utility calculus utility fog utility model

Forms

Plural
utilities → usefulnesses, services, uses, values…

Choose the right word

Utility or Good?

Utility is chiefly used in the sense of some immediate or personal and generally some material good.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • usefulness He has doubts regarding astrology's usefulness.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
utilityfalling
usefulnessfalling
advantageousnessfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
use1
5 letters
value2
7 letters
service2, benefit3
9 letters
advantage3
10 letters
usefulness3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (value2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
utilitaire