useful
UK/ˈjuːsfəl/
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British/ˈjʉwsfəl̩/
useful adjective: having a practical or beneficial use.
Adjective
useful (comparative more useful or usefuller, superlative most useful or usefullest)
- Having a practical or beneficial use.
- prove useful
- practically useful
- Synonyms:
- handy, noteful, salutary, serviceable, utilitarian, utile, purposive, profitable
- Antonyms:
- unuseful, useless, unusable, unutilizable, inutile
useful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
useful in Hindi
- having a practical or beneficial use
- उपयोगी upyogī, उपयुक्त upyukt
useful in Tamil
- பயனுள்ள
useful in Marathi
- useful, effective
- उपयोगी upyogī
- useful, serviceable, or suitable for a particular purpose or occasion
- कारणी kāraṇī
useful in Urdu
- having a practical or beneficial use
- فائِدَہ مَنْد fāida mand, مُفِید mufīd
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- useful in Bengali
- ব্যবহারযোগ্য beboharjoggo
- useful in Telugu
- ఉపయోగకరము upayōgakaramu
- useful in Malayalam
- ഉപയോഗമുള്ള, സമർത്ഥനായ
- useful in Kannada
- ಬಳಸಬಲ್ಲ, ನೆರವಾಗಬಲ್ಲ, ಉಪಯುಕ್ತವಾದ, ಸಹಾಯಕವಾದ
- useful in Punjabi
- ਲਾਹੇਵੰਦ
- useful in Gujarati
- ઉપયોગી
- useful in Odia
- ଉପଯୋଗୀ
- useful in Sanskrit
- उपयोगिन् upayogin, योग्य yógya
- useful in Tagalog
- makabuluhan, may bisa
- useful in Arabic
- مُفِيد mufīd, نَافِع nāfiʕ
- useful in Malay
- berguna
- useful in Indonesian
- berguna
- useful in Thai
- ประโยชน์ bprà-yòot
- useful in Vietnamese
- có ích
Examples of useful in a sentence
- That’s a very useful tool for gardeners.
- She found the information extremely useful.
Synonyms of useful
Antonyms
Forms of useful
| comparative | more useful |
|---|---|
| comparative | usefuller |
| superlative | most useful |
| superlative | usefullest |
| alternative form | usefull |
Origin of useful
From use + -ful.
Words formed from useful
- as useful as a chocolate teapot
- come in useful
- Newell teapot
- unuseful
- useful as a chocolate teapot
- useful as tits on a bull
- useful idiot
- usefulish
- useful life time of useful consciousness
- usefully
- usefulness
Phrases with useful
Questions about useful
- What does useful mean?
- Useful means having a practical or beneficial use.
- What is useful in Hindi?
- Useful in Hindi is उपयोगी (upyogī), उपयुक्त (upyukt). See Useful meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use useful in a sentence?
- That’s a very useful tool for gardeners.
- What part of speech is useful?
- Useful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce useful?
- Useful is pronounced /ˈjuːsfəl/ (UK).
Words near useful in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: useful (page history and authors); useful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उपयोगी (Marathi) (page history and authors); useful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); useful (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); useful (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); useful (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); useful (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); उपयोगिन् (Sanskrit) (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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