Useful

//ˈjuːsfl̩//

Synonyms for "useful" (138 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Strong matches (41)

Adjective(2 words)
favourablefunctioning

Related words (69)

Adjective(2 words)
utileutilitarian

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived

10 entries

derived from

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distinct from

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has property

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related to

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similar

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Showing 16 of 24 words.

Translations

130 translations across 85 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • nuttig adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Albanian

1 entries
  • dobishëm adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • χρήσιμος adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مفيد adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • مُفِيد adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • نَافِع adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Armenian

1 entries
  • օգտակար adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Asturian

1 entries
  • útil adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • faydalı adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • lazımlı adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • xeyirli adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • кары́сны adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ব্যবহারযোগ্য adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • поле́зен adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Catalan

1 entries
  • útil adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • بە دەسد adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • بەسوود adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • بەکەڵک adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 有用 adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 實用 /实用 adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • 有用 adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Czech

1 entries
  • užitečný adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Danish

2 entries
  • nyttig adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • tjenlig adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Dutch

1 entries
  • nuttig adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • utila adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kasulik adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Faroese

1 entries
  • nýttigur adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Finnish

2 entries
  • hyödyllinen adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • käytännöllinen adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

French

1 entries
  • utile adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Galician

1 entries
  • útil adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გამოსადეგი adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • ვარგისი adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • მარგებელი adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • სასარგებლო adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

German

2 entries
  • brauchbar adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • nützlich adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐍃 adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Greek

1 entries
  • χρήσιμος adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • itil adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מוֹעִיל adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • שִׁמּוּשִׁי adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Hindi

2 entries
  • उपयुक्त adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • उपयोगी adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • hasznos adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • gagnlegur adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Ido

1 entries
  • utila adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • berguna adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • سودْآوَر adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • سودْمَنْد adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • فایِدِهناک adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • مُفید adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Irish

2 entries
  • acrach adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • úsáideach adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Italian

1 entries
  • utile adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 使える adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • 便利な adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • 役立つ adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • 有用な adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • jeitozu adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • пайдалы adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Korean

2 entries
  • 도움이 되다 adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • 유용하다 adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • пайдалуу adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Lao

1 entries
  • ທົ່ວໄປ adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Latin

1 entries
  • ūtilis adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Latvian

1 entries
  • derīgs adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • naudingas adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • sënnvoll adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • користен adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Malay

1 entries
  • berguna adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хэрэгтэй adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Māori

1 entries
  • whaihua adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • nyttig adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • tjenlig adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • tenleg adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Occitan

1 entries
  • util adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Old English

1 entries
  • nytt adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • хасновити adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • útil adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • deenstboa adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • nutzboa adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Polish

3 entries
  • pożyteczny adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • przydatny adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • użyteczny adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • útil adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Romanian

3 entries
  • folositor adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • trebuincios adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • util adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Russian

4 entries
  • нели́шний adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • поле́зный adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • практи́чный adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • приго́дный adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • goireasach adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kȍrīstan adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • upotrèbljiv adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • ко̏рӣстан adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • употрѐбљив adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Slovak

1 entries
  • užitočný adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Slovene

1 entries
  • uporaben adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • тузалу adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Spanish

2 entries
  • servir adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • útil adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Swahili

1 entries
  • faida adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Swedish

2 entries
  • användbar adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • nyttig adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • makabuluhan adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • may bisa adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Tajik

3 entries
  • муфид adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • судманд adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • фоидаовар adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఉపయోగకరము adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Thai

1 entries
  • ประโยชน์ adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Turkish

2 entries
  • faydalı adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • yararlı adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • peýdaly adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Tuvaluan

1 entries
  • aogaa adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • кори́сний adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Urdu

2 entries
  • فائِدَہ مَنْد adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • مُفِید adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • پايدىلىق adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • foydali adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • có ích adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Welsh

1 entries
  • buddiol adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • nuttich adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • נוציק adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • נוצלעך adj (having a practical or beneficial use)
  • ניצלעך adj (having a practical or beneficial use)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My computer has got to be useful for something.

Source: tatoeba (1409)

The only useful answers are those that raise new questions.

Source: tatoeba (1581)

Half an eye is very useful actually, because an animal can see half of another animal, which wants to eat it, and can get out of the way, and it will eat the animal, which has only one-half eye or only 49% of an eye, because this to it will not be enough, and the animal, which was eaten up, will have no children, because it is dead.

Source: tatoeba (1843)

This knife was very useful to me.

Source: tatoeba (2415)

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