Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "use" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Causes

apply

Derived Terms

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 disuse do you need to use the bathroom drug use dual-use dual-use research of concern free use go out of use have no use for hyper-use ill-use in use in-use it's no use land use land-use make use meanwhile use misuse misuse mixed-use neither use nor ornament no use non-use of any use of some use of use old use out of use overuse point of use private-use character put to good use put to use reuse reuse shared use path single-use terms of use therapeutic use exemption there's no use there's no use crying over spilt milk time-of-check to time-of-use time-of-use meter time-of-use rates time-use time-use research time-use survey tolerated use underuse usability usable usage use a sledgehammer to crack a nut use and wont use case use in anger use it use it or lose it use one's coconut use one's head use one's loaf use one's noggin use tax use the bathroom use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house use the potty use the restroom use the toilet use the user use the washroom use up use value use your words use-by date used used to usee useful useful useless usement user value in use what's the use

Entails

consume

Context

forging law literary past tense with infinitive religion

Has Property

better than utilise

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

act activity consume custom demand drop expend exploit have influence ingest legal right move spend take take in usage usance usefulness utility work

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

fair use misuse reuse underuse

Type Of (IsA)

activity legal right utility

Manner Of

act consume exploit

Related Terms

accustom act addicted apply behave benefit comport consume diocese do drug employ expend exploit function habitually habituate interest no use premium stand substance used to usefulness usury utilize what's use

Similar Terms

apply employ practice utilise utilize

Synonym Network

ability absorb accustom adaptability administer advantage appliance application apply avail benefit consume consumption convenience conversion custom deal with disposal employ employment engage exercise exert exhaust expend familiarize function habit habituate harden improve inure make use of manipulate manipulation method occupy operate ply practice practise swallow up take advantage of treat treatment turn to account usage usefulness utility utilization utilize waste way wear wear out wield work

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.