This antique brazier no longer has any real utility.
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Utility
//juːˈtɪl.ɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "utility" (126 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (63)
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10 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
4 entriescoordinate
4 entriesderived
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
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6 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
similar
2 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 30 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- полза noun (state or condition of being useful)
Catalan
1 entries- utilitat noun (state or condition of being useful)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 效用 noun (state or condition of being useful)
- 用處 /用处 noun (state or condition of being useful)
Czech
4 entries- služby noun (business: service provided on a continuous basis by infrastructure)
- užitek noun (economics: ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants)
- užitečnost noun (state or condition of being useful)
- veřejná služba noun (business: service provided on a continuous basis by infrastructure)
Dutch
4 entries- bruikbaarheid noun (state or condition of being useful)
- bruikbaarheid noun (economics: ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants)
- handigheid noun (state or condition of being useful)
- handigs noun (something that is useful)
Esperanto
1 entries- utileco noun (state or condition of being useful)
Estonian
1 entries- kasulikkus noun (state or condition of being useful)
Finnish
4 entries- apuohjelma noun (computing: software program with specific task)
- hyödyke noun (something that is useful)
- hyödyllisyys noun (state or condition of being useful)
- hyöty noun (philosophy: well-being, satisfaction, pleasure)
French
2 entries- utilitaire noun (something that is useful)
- utilité noun (state or condition of being useful)
Galician
1 entries- utilidade noun (state or condition of being useful)
Georgian
2 entries- მნიშვნელობა noun (state or condition of being useful)
- მნიშვნელოვნება noun (state or condition of being useful)
German
2 entries- Grundversorgung noun (business: service provided on a continuous basis by infrastructure)
- Nützlichkeit noun (state or condition of being useful)
Hungarian
4 entries- eszköz noun (something that is useful)
- hasznavehetőség noun (state or condition of being useful)
- hasznosság noun (state or condition of being useful)
- hasznosság noun (economics: ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants)
Italian
4 entries- attrezzo noun (something that is useful)
- fornitore noun (business: areal monopoly provider)
- servizio noun (business: areal monopoly provider)
- strumento noun (something that is useful)
Japanese
4 entries- ユーティリティ noun (computing: software program with specific task)
- 効用 noun (state or condition of being useful)
- 実用品 noun (something that is useful)
- 有用 noun (state or condition of being useful)
Latin
1 entries- utilitas noun (state or condition of being useful)
Middle English
1 entries- utilite noun (state or condition of being useful)
Māori
1 entries- ratonga noun (business: service provided on a continuous basis by infrastructure)
Occitan
1 entries- utilitat noun (state or condition of being useful)
Polish
4 entries- program użytkowy noun (computing: software program with specific task)
- usługa noun (business: service provided on a continuous basis by infrastructure)
- użyteczność noun (state or condition of being useful)
- użyteczność noun (something that is useful)
Portuguese
2 entries- utilidade noun (state or condition of being useful)
- utilidade noun (something that is useful)
Romanian
2 entries- folos noun (state or condition of being useful)
- utilitate noun (state or condition of being useful)
Russian
4 entries- обслу́живающая програ́мма noun (computing: software program with specific task)
- поле́зная вещь noun (something that is useful)
- поле́зность noun (state or condition of being useful)
- полезность noun (economics: ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants)
Sanskrit
1 entries- उपयोग noun (state or condition of being useful)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- math noun (state or condition of being useful)
- math noun (something that is useful)
Slovak
1 entries- úžitok noun (state or condition of being useful)
Spanish
4 entries- conveniencia noun (something that is useful)
- proveedor de servicios noun (business: areal monopoly provider)
- servicio público noun (business: service provided on a continuous basis by infrastructure)
- utilidad noun (state or condition of being useful)
Swedish
4 entries- användbar noun (something that is useful)
- användbarhet noun (state or condition of being useful)
- användbarhet noun (economics: ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants)
- applikation noun (computing: software program with specific task)
Tagalog
2 entries- dahat noun (economics: ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants)
- kagamitan noun (something that is useful)
Welsh
4 entries- budd noun (state or condition of being useful)
- defnydd-deb noun (economics: ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants)
- defnyddioldeb noun (state or condition of being useful)
- gwasanaeth noun (business: service provided on a continuous basis by infrastructure)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Public utility charges will go up next April.
Source: tatoeba (72596)
If we see any utility in a plant, we help it to grow.
Source: tatoeba (247882)
Practical utility and artistic beauty combine to make a comfortable house to live in.
Source: tatoeba (265271)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.