convenient
Syllables: con·ve·nientUK/kənˈviː.niənt//kənˈvi.njənt/
convenient adjective: serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
Adjective
convenient (comparative more convenient, superlative most convenient)
- Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
- Fast food might be convenient, but it's also very unhealthy.
- 'If you please, m'm,' said Chloe at the door, 'there's the detective here again, and he would like to see the master if it's convenient.'1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
- Antonyms:
- inconvenient
- Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.
- How convenient that you caught a cold the night before your essay was due.
- Fit; suitable; appropriate.
- Feed me with food convenient for me.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 30:8
- Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ephesians 5:4
convenient meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
convenient in Hindi
- of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient
- सुविधाजनक suvidhājnak
convenient in Tamil
- வசதியான
convenient in Marathi
- सोयीस्कर, सोयीचे, सोयिस्कर
convenient in Urdu
- convenient
- مناسب munāsib
More languagesFewer languages
- convenient in Bengali
- সুবিধাজনক, উপযুক্ত
- convenient in Telugu
- ఇమ్ము immu, వీలు vīlu, అనుకూలము anukūlamu
- convenient in Malayalam
- സൗകര്യപ്രദമായ, യോഗ്യമായ, ഉചിതമായ, സുഖകരമായ
- convenient in Kannada
- ತಕ್ಕ, ಹೊಂದುವ, ಒಪ್ಪುವ, ಅನುಕೂಲವಾದ
- convenient in Punjabi
- سوکھا saukhā
- convenient in Odia
- ସୁବିଧାଜନକ, ସୁବିଧାଜନକ |
- convenient in Sanskrit
- सुगम sugama
- convenient in Nepali
- सजिलो sajilo
- convenient in Arabic
- مُنَاسِب munāsib, مُلَائِم mulāʔim
- convenient in Vietnamese
- tiện lợi
Examples of convenient in a sentence
- Some re-arrangement of equipment in the driving cars has produced a more convenient working space for the driver.1957 October, “Prototype Tube Trains For London Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 688:
- […] continual drinking is most convenient to the distemper of an hydropick body, though most disconvenient to its present welfare.1640, Edward Reynolds, A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man:
Synonyms of convenient
Antonyms
Forms of convenient
| comparative | more convenient |
|---|---|
| superlative | most convenient |
Origin of convenient
From Middle English convenient, from Latin conveniēns (“fit, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō, convinīre (“to come together, suit”); see convene and compare covenant.
Words formed from convenient
Questions about convenient
- What does convenient mean?
- Convenient means serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
- What is convenient in Hindi?
- Convenient in Hindi is सुविधाजनक (suvidhājnak). See Convenient meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use convenient in a sentence?
- Some re-arrangement of equipment in the driving cars has produced a more convenient working space for the driver.
- What part of speech is convenient?
- Convenient is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce convenient?
- Convenient is pronounced /kənˈviː.niənt/ (UK).
Words near convenient in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: convenient (page history and authors); convenient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convenient (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); مناسب (Urdu) (page history and authors); convenient (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అనుకూలము (Telugu) (page history and authors); convenient (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convenient (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سوکھا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); convenient (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); सजिलो (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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