Usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as the utility of manures upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.
2. Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.
3. Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism.
Good Roget’s Thesaurus §618
N. good, benefit, advantage, improvement, greatest good, supreme good, interest, service, behoof, behalf, weal, main chance, summum bonum, common weal, "consummation devoutly to be wished", gain, boot, profit, harvest, boon, good turn, blessing, world of good, piece of good luck, piece of good fortune, nuts, prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure-trove, good fortune, happiness, goodness, utility, remedy, pleasure giving
Adv. well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis, all for the best, to one's advantage, in one's favor, in one's interest
Phr. so far so good, magnum bonum
Utility Roget’s Thesaurus §644
N. utility, usefulness, efficacy, efficiency, adequacy, service, use, stead, avail, help, applicability, subservience, function, value, worth, money's worth, productiveness, cui bono, utilization step in the right direction, common weal, commonwealth public good, public interest, utilitarianism
V. be useful, avail, serve, subserve, conduce, answer, serve one's turn, answer a purpose, serve a purpose, act a part, perform a function, discharge a function &c, render a service, render good service, render yeoman's service, bestead, stand one in good stead be the making of, help, bear fruit, bring grist to the mill, profit, remunerate, benefit, find one's account in, find one's advantage in, reap the benefit of, render useful
Adj. useful, of use, serviceable, proficuous|, good for, subservient, conducive, subsidiary, advantageous, profitable, gainful, remunerative, worth one's salt, valuable, prolific, adequate, efficient, efficacious, effective, effectual, expedient, applicable, available, ready, handy, at hand, tangible, commodious, adaptable, of all work
Adv. usefully, pro bono publico
Expedience Roget’s Thesaurus §646
N. expedience, expediency, desirableness, desirability, fitness, utility, propriety, opportunism, advantage, high time
V. be expedient, suit, befit, suit the time, befit the time, suit the season, befit the season, suit the occasion, befit the occasion, conform
Adj. expedient, desirable, advisable, acceptable, convenient, worth while, meet, fit, fitting, due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming, befitting, opportune, in loco, suitable, applicable
Adv. in the right place, conveniently
Phr. operae pretium est
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