Use

//juːs//

Synonyms for "use" (301 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (61)

Related words (150)

habit pattern habitude handle harden help helpfulness holding ill-use immediate purpose impose impose upon improve interest limitation manage manipulation manner manners mark method

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milk misuse moment monopolize mores need object objective observance occasion occupy office operability operation operational purpose parley part pattern peculiarity percentage play play on point practicability practical utility practicality practise praxis prescription presume upon prey profit profitability proper thing prosecute purpose pursue put forth put out put to use ravages of time refer regulate relevance respond to right right of entry ritual role run second nature serve service serviceability settlement social convention speak specialize in stake standard behavior standard usage standing custom stereotype stereotyped behavior steward strict settlement stroke suck dry swallow up tackle take take on take to take up talk tap target tie time-honored practice title tool touch tradition treasury treatment trick trust turn turn to account ultimate purpose undertake usability use ill utilizability utilization value vested interest victimize wage waste wear and tear wear out weathering what is done wont wonting work at work on work upon worth

Verb(9 words)

habituate leverage practice run through take advantage of tool trade use up wipe out

Noun(11 words)

manipulation need point purpose role usance use of goods and services usefulness utilisation utility utilization

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OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

21 entries

act activity consume custom demand drop expend exploit have influence ingest legal right move spend take take in

Showing 16 of 21 words.

More specific

4 entries

fair use misuse reuse underuse

Synonyms

57 entries

ability absorb accustom adaptability administer advantage appliance application apply avail benefit consume consumption convenience conversion custom

Showing 16 of 57 words.

causes

1 entries

apply

derived

95 entries

abuse alcohol use disorder as much use as a chocolate fireguard as much use as a chocolate teapot caffeine use disorder can I use your phone cestuy que use come in use compassionate use could use disuse do you need to use the bathroom drug use dual-use dual-use research of concern

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entails

1 entries

consume

has context

5 entries

forging law literary past tense with infinitive religion

has property

1 entries

better than utilise

is a

3 entries

activity legal right utility

manner of

3 entries

act consume exploit

related to

27 entries

accustom act addicted apply behave benefit comport consume diocese do drug employ expend exploit function habitually

Showing 16 of 27 words.

similar

5 entries

apply employ practice utilise utilize

Translations

448 translations across 121 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

gebruik verb (employ, apply)

Ainu

1 entries

エイワンケ verb (employ, apply)

Aklanon

1 entries

gamit verb (employ, apply)

Albanian

4 entries

përdor noun (act of using)
përdorim noun (function)
përdorshmëria noun (usefulness)
përdor verb (employ, apply)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

χρῆσις noun (act of using)
χράομαι verb (employ, apply)

Arabic

4 entries

اِسْتِخْدَام noun (act of using)
اِسْتِعْمَال noun (act of using)
استخدم verb (employ, apply)
استعمل verb (employ, apply)

Armenian

4 entries

կիրառություն noun (function)
օգուտ noun (usefulness)
օգտագործում noun (act of using)
օգտագործել verb (employ, apply)

Aromanian

1 entries

felisescu verb (employ, apply)

Asturian

4 entries

usu noun (act of using)
usu noun (function)
usar verb (employ, apply)
utilizar verb (employ, apply)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

fayda noun (usefulness)
mənfəət noun (usefulness)
səmərə noun (usefulness)
xeyir noun (usefulness)

Basque

2 entries

erabilketa noun (act of using)
erabili verb (employ, apply)

Belarusian

4 entries

ужыва́нне noun (act of using)
ўжыва́нне noun (act of using)
вы́карыстаць verb (employ, apply)
выкарысто́ўваць verb (employ, apply)

Bengali

2 entries

ব্যবহার noun (act of using)
ব্যবহার করা verb (employ, apply)

Breton

1 entries

implij noun (act of using)

Bulgarian

4 entries

изпо́лзване noun (act of using)
полза noun (usefulness)
предназначение noun (function)
употре́ба noun (act of using)

Burmese

1 entries

အသုံးပြု verb (employ, apply)

Catalan

4 entries

ús noun (act of using)
emprar verb (employ, apply)
fer servir verb (employ, apply)
usar verb (employ, apply)

Cebuano

1 entries

gamit noun (act of using)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

بەکارھێنان noun (act of using)
کەڵک noun (usefulness)

Chinese

4 entries

йүн noun (act of using)
сыйүн noun (act of using)
йүн verb (employ, apply)
сыйүн verb (employ, apply)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

使用 noun (act of using)
用 noun (act of using)
用 noun (usefulness)
使用 verb (employ, apply)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

使用 noun (act of using)
利用 noun (act of using)
用 noun (act of using)
使用 verb (employ, apply)

Czech

4 entries

použití noun (act of using)
použití noun (function)
použít verb (employ, apply)
používat verb (employ, apply)

Danish

1 entries

bruge verb (employ, apply)

Dutch

4 entries

functie noun (function)
gebruik noun (act of using)
nut noun (usefulness)
aanwenden verb (employ, apply)

Esperanto

1 entries

uzi verb (employ, apply)

Estonian

2 entries

kasutama noun (act of using)
kasutama verb (employ, apply)

Finnish

4 entries

hyödyllisyys noun (usefulness)
hyöty noun (usefulness)
käyttö noun (act of using)
käyttökohde noun (function)

French

4 entries

emploi noun (act of using)
usage noun (act of using)
utilisation noun (act of using)
utilité noun (usefulness)

Galician

4 entries

uso noun (act of using)
uso noun (function)
utilidade noun (usefulness)
usar verb (employ, apply)

Georgian

4 entries

გამოყენება noun (act of using)
სარგებლობა noun (act of using)
ხმარება noun (act of using)
გამოყენება verb (employ, apply)

German

4 entries

Anwendung noun (act of using)
Benutzung noun (act of using)
Funktion noun (function)
Gebrauch noun (act of using)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 noun (usefulness)

Greek

4 entries

χρήση noun (act of using)
χρήση noun (function)
χρησιμότητα noun (usefulness)
καταναλώνω verb (to exhaust the supply of, to consume)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

itilize verb (employ, apply)

Hebrew

2 entries

שימוש \ שִׁמּוּשׁ noun (act of using)
הִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ verb (employ, apply)

Higaonon

1 entries

gamit noun (act of using)

Hindi

4 entries

उपयोग noun (act of using)
उपयोग noun (function)
उपयोगिता noun (usefulness)
इस्तेमाल करना verb (employ, apply)

Hungarian

4 entries

alkalmazás noun (act of using)
cél noun (usefulness)
cél noun (function)
felhasználás noun (act of using)

Hunsrik

1 entries

benutze verb (employ, apply)

Icelandic

3 entries

brúka verb (employ, apply)
nota verb (employ, apply)
verja verb (to exhaust the supply of, to consume)

Ido

1 entries

uzar verb (employ, apply)

Interlingua

1 entries

usar verb (employ, apply)

Irish

2 entries

caith verb (to exhaust the supply of, to consume)
úsáid verb (employ, apply)

Italian

4 entries

uso noun (act of using)
essere solito verb (rare: to habitually do)
usare verb (employ, apply)
utilizzare verb (employ, apply)

Japanese

4 entries

使い道 noun (function)
使用 noun (act of using)
利用 noun (act of using)
効用 noun (usefulness)

Kannada

1 entries

ಬಳಕೆ noun (act of using)

Kazakh

2 entries

пайдалану verb (employ, apply)
қолдану verb (employ, apply)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries

kākèi noun (act of using)
kākèi noun (function)

Khmer

1 entries

ប្រើប្រាស់ verb (employ, apply)

Korean

3 entries

사용 noun (act of using)
사용(使用)하다 verb (employ, apply)
쓰다 verb (employ, apply)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

колдонуу verb (employ, apply)
пайдалануу verb (employ, apply)

Lao

1 entries

ໃຊ້ verb (employ, apply)

Latin

3 entries

usurpatio noun (act of using)
ūsus noun (act of using)
ūtor verb (employ, apply)

Latvian

3 entries

lietojums noun (act of using)
izmantot verb (employ, apply)
lietot verb (employ, apply)

Lithuanian

1 entries

vartoti verb (employ, apply)

Livonian

1 entries

kȭlbatõ noun (act of using)

Low German

1 entries

gebruken verb (employ, apply)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

wužywaś verb (employ, apply)
wužyś verb (employ, apply)

Macedonian

4 entries

употреба noun (act of using)
искористи verb (employ, apply)
користи verb (employ, apply)
употреби verb (employ, apply)

Malay

4 entries

gunaan noun (function)
kegunaan noun (act of using)
kegunaan noun (usefulness)
guna verb (employ, apply)

Malayalam

4 entries

ഉപകാരം noun (usefulness)
ഉപയോഗം noun (act of using)
ഉപയോഗം noun (usefulness)
ഉപയോഗം noun (function)

Marathi

3 entries

उपयोग noun (act of using)
उपयोग करणे verb (employ, apply)
वापरणे verb (employ, apply)

Mongolian

2 entries

ашиглах verb (employ, apply)
хэрэглэх verb (employ, apply)

Mòcheno

1 entries

prauchen verb (employ, apply)

Māori

3 entries

whakamahi verb (employ, apply)
whakapeto verb (employ, apply)
whakapeto verb (to exhaust the supply of, to consume)

Navajo

1 entries

choyoołʼįįh verb (employ, apply)

Neapolitan

1 entries

usà verb (employ, apply)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

urumia verb (employ, apply)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

bi kar anîn noun (act of using)
bi kar anîn verb (employ, apply)
xebitandin verb (employ, apply)
îstîmal kirin verb (employ, apply)

Northern Sami

3 entries

geavahit verb (employ, apply)
golahit verb (to exhaust the supply of, to consume)
loaktit verb (to exhaust the supply of, to consume)

Norwegian

1 entries

nytte noun (usefulness)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

anvendelse noun (act of using)
anvendelse noun (function)
bruk noun (act of using)
funksjon noun (function)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

bruk noun (act of using)
bruka verb (employ, apply)

Occitan

3 entries

emplegar verb (employ, apply)
usar verb (employ, apply)
utilizar verb (employ, apply)

Old English

2 entries

nytt noun (act of using)
brūcan verb (employ, apply)

Old Irish

2 entries

caithid verb (to exhaust the supply of, to consume)
imm·beir verb (employ, apply)

Old Saxon

2 entries

brūkan verb (employ, apply)
niotan verb (employ, apply)

Pannonian Rusyn

4 entries

хасен noun (act of using)
хаснованє noun (act of using)
похасновац verb (employ, apply)
хасновац verb (employ, apply)

Persian

4 entries

استفادن noun (usefulness)
فایده noun (usefulness)
کاربرد noun (act of using)
کاربرد noun (usefulness)

Piedmontese

2 entries

usagi noun (act of using)
usé verb (employ, apply)

Polish

4 entries

funkcja noun (function)
stosowanie noun (act of using)
użycie noun (act of using)
użyteczność noun (usefulness)

Portuguese

4 entries

uso noun (act of using)
uso noun (usefulness)
uso noun (function)
utilidade noun (usefulness)

Punjabi

2 entries

وَرْتوْں noun (act of using)
ਵਰਤੋਂ noun (act of using)

Romanian

4 entries

folos noun (usefulness)
folosință noun (usefulness)
folosire noun (act of using)
funcție noun (function)

Romansch

3 entries

niz noun (act of using)
applitgar verb (employ, apply)
duvrar verb (employ, apply)

Russian

4 entries

испо́льзование noun (act of using)
по́льза noun (usefulness)
примене́ние noun (act of using)
примене́ние noun (function)

Sanskrit

1 entries

भुनक्ति verb (employ, apply)

Sardinian

1 entries

imperàre verb (employ, apply)

Scots

4 entries

uise noun (act of using)
uiss noun (act of using)
uiss noun (usefulness)
uiss noun (function)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

math noun (usefulness)
cleachd verb (employ, apply)
dèan feum de verb (employ, apply)
iomair verb (employ, apply)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

prȉmena noun (act of using)
ȕpotreba noun (act of using)
при̏мена noun (act of using)
у̏потреба noun (act of using)

Shor

1 entries

туза noun (usefulness)

Sinhalese

1 entries

පාවිච්චි කරනවා verb (employ, apply)

Slovak

3 entries

použitie noun (act of using)
použiť verb (employ, apply)
používať verb (employ, apply)

Slovene

4 entries

raba noun (act of using)
uporaba noun (act of using)
uporabiti verb (employ, apply)
uporabljati verb (employ, apply)

Somali

1 entries

isticmaal noun (act of using)

Spanish

4 entries

empleo noun (act of using)
función noun (function)
usaje (disused) noun (act of using)
usanza noun (act of using)

Swahili

2 entries

matumizi noun (act of using)
tumia verb (employ, apply)

Swedish

4 entries

användande noun (function)
användning noun (act of using)
bruk noun (act of using)
mening noun (usefulness)

Tajik

2 entries

истифода бурдан verb (employ, apply)
истифода кардан verb (employ, apply)

Tamil

3 entries

உபயோகப்படுத்து verb (employ, apply)
உபயோகி verb (employ, apply)
பயன்படுத்து verb (employ, apply)

Tatar

1 entries

кулланырга verb (employ, apply)

Thai

2 entries

นำมาใช้ verb (employ, apply)
ใช้ verb (employ, apply)

Tibetan

4 entries

བཀོལ verb (employ, apply)
བེད་སྤྱོད verb (employ, apply)
བེད་སྤྱོད་གཏོང verb (employ, apply)
བེད་སྤྱོད་བྱེད verb (employ, apply)

Tocharian B

1 entries

yaukk verb (employ, apply)

Turkish

4 entries

fayda noun (usefulness)
kullanma noun (act of using)
kullanım noun (act of using)
kullanış noun (act of using)

Turkmen

1 entries

ulanmak verb (employ, apply)

Tuvan

1 entries

ажыглаар verb (employ, apply)

Ukrainian

4 entries

вжива́ння noun (act of using)
вжи́ти verb (employ, apply)
вжива́ти verb (employ, apply)
ви́користати verb (employ, apply)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

wužiwać verb (employ, apply)
wužić verb (employ, apply)

Urdu

4 entries

اِسْتِعْمال noun (act of using)
فائدہ noun (usefulness)
فائدہ noun (function)
مَقاصِد noun (function)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئىشلەتمەك verb (employ, apply)

Uzbek

1 entries

ishlatmoq verb (employ, apply)

Vietnamese

4 entries

sự dùng noun (act of using)
ích noun (usefulness)
dùng verb (employ, apply)
sử dụng verb (employ, apply)

Volapük

2 entries

geb noun (act of using)
gebön verb (employ, apply)

Walloon

1 entries

si siervi verb (employ, apply)

West-Frisian

1 entries

brûke verb (employ, apply)

Yiddish

3 entries

ניצן noun (act of using)
באַניצן verb (employ, apply)
ניצן verb (employ, apply)

Zazaki

2 entries

kar kerdış noun (act of using)
kar kerden verb (employ, apply)

Zyphe

1 entries

hmang noun (act of using)

Sample sentences

67 total sentences available.

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It's no use pretending to make me believe that I believe things you don't believe!

Source: tatoeba (1495)

So annoying... Now I get a headache whenever I use the computer!

Source: tatoeba (1687)

At the age of six he had learned to use the typewriter and told the teacher that he did not need to learn to write by hand.

Source: tatoeba (1828)

What criterion did you use when you elected this essay as the winner?

Source: tatoeba (2003)

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Use

Synonyms for "use" (301 found)

Closest matches (61)

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Related words (150)

Related word relations

More general

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Synonyms

causes

derived

entails

has context

has property

is a

manner of

related to

similar

Translations

Afrikaans

Ainu

Aklanon

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aromanian

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Central Kurdish

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Gothic

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hebrew

Higaonon

Hindi

Hungarian

Hunsrik

Icelandic

Ido

Interlingua

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kannada

Kazakh

Khiamniungan Naga

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Livonian

Low German

Lower Sorbian

Macedonian

Malay