Futile

//ˈfju.taɪl//

Synonyms for "futile" (198 found)

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Closest matches (40)

Adjective(2 words)
barrenbootless
Adjective(1 words)
bootless

Strong matches (59)

Adjective(2 words)
fruitlessineffectual

Related words (99)

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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related to

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similar

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Translations

89 translations across 49 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μάταιος adj (incapable of producing results)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عَقِيم adj (incapable of producing results)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ապարդյուն adj (incapable of producing results)
  • զուր adj (incapable of producing results)
  • իզուր adj (incapable of producing results)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • бескары́сны adj (incapable of producing results)
  • дарэ́мны adj (incapable of producing results)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • безполе́зен adj (incapable of producing results)
  • безуспе́шен adj (incapable of producing results)
  • напра́зен adj (incapable of producing results)

Burmese

2 entries
  • အချည်းနှီးဖြစ်သေ adj (incapable of producing results)
  • အလဟဿဖြစ်သော adj (incapable of producing results)

Catalan

1 entries
  • fútil adj (incapable of producing results)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᏚᎩᏄᏛᎾ adj (incapable of producing results)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 枉然 adj (incapable of producing results)
  • 無用 /无用 adj (incapable of producing results)
  • 無益 /无益 adj (incapable of producing results)

Czech

1 entries
  • jalový adj (incapable of producing results)

Danish

1 entries
  • nytteløs adj (incapable of producing results)

Dutch

2 entries
  • nutteloos adj (incapable of producing results)
  • tevergeefs adj (incapable of producing results)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • арам adj (incapable of producing results)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kasutu adj (incapable of producing results)
  • tulutu adj (incapable of producing results)

Faroese

1 entries
  • nyttuleysur adj (incapable of producing results)

Finnish

4 entries
  • katteeton adj (incapable of producing results)
  • toivoton adj (incapable of producing results)
  • tulokseton adj (incapable of producing results)
  • turha adj (incapable of producing results)

French

1 entries
  • futile adj (incapable of producing results)

Galician

1 entries
  • fútil adj (incapable of producing results)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ამაო adj (incapable of producing results)
  • ფუჭი adj (incapable of producing results)

German

4 entries
  • nutzlos adj (incapable of producing results)
  • sinnlos adj (incapable of producing results)
  • vergeblich adj (incapable of producing results)
  • zwecklos adj (incapable of producing results)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 adj (incapable of producing results)

Greek

1 entries
  • μάταιος adj (incapable of producing results)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • עָקָר adj (incapable of producing results)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अकारथ adj (incapable of producing results)
  • फ़ज़ूल adj (incapable of producing results)

Ido

1 entries
  • vana adj (incapable of producing results)

Italian

1 entries
  • futile adj (incapable of producing results)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 無用 adj (incapable of producing results)
  • 無益 adj (incapable of producing results)
  • 無駄 adj (incapable of producing results)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អសារ adj (incapable of producing results)

Latin

2 entries
  • cassus adj (incapable of producing results)
  • futilis adj (incapable of producing results)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • bergždžias adj (incapable of producing results)

Malay

1 entries
  • sia-sia adj (incapable of producing results)

Māori

3 entries
  • huakore adj (incapable of producing results)
  • mūhore adj (incapable of producing results)
  • papakore adj (incapable of producing results)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chʼééh adj (incapable of producing results)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • bêfeyde adj (incapable of producing results)
  • bêkêr adj (incapable of producing results)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • nyttelaus adj (incapable of producing results)
  • nytteløs adj (incapable of producing results)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • nyttelaus adj (incapable of producing results)

Occitan

1 entries
  • futil adj (incapable of producing results)

Persian

3 entries
  • بی فایده adj (incapable of producing results)
  • عبث adj (incapable of producing results)
  • پوچ adj (incapable of producing results)

Polish

2 entries
  • bezcelowy adj (incapable of producing results)
  • daremny adj (incapable of producing results)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • fútil adj (incapable of producing results)

Russian

4 entries
  • беспло́дный adj (incapable of producing results)
  • бесполе́зный adj (incapable of producing results)
  • напра́сный adj (incapable of producing results)
  • тще́тный adj (incapable of producing results)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • dìomhain adj (incapable of producing results)
  • faoin adj (incapable of producing results)

Slovak

3 entries
  • márny adj (incapable of producing results)
  • nepatrný adj (incapable of producing results)
  • zbytočný adj (incapable of producing results)

Spanish

1 entries
  • fútil adj (incapable of producing results)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fåfäng adj (incapable of producing results)
  • lönlös adj (incapable of producing results)
  • meningslös adj (incapable of producing results)

Thai

1 entries
  • เปล่าประโยชน์ adj (incapable of producing results)

Turkish

3 entries
  • beyhude adj (incapable of producing results)
  • boş adj (incapable of producing results)
  • nafile adj (incapable of producing results)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • даре́мний adj (incapable of producing results)
  • некори́сний adj (incapable of producing results)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • vô dụng adj (incapable of producing results)
  • vô ích adj (incapable of producing results)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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It isn't futile to go to university.

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If one plants an oak, it is futile to hope to soon be able to take cover under its leaves.

Source: tatoeba (770983)

Your efforts are futile.

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Resistance is futile.

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