Definitions

useful

[yoos-fuhl] / ˈyus fəl /

ADJECTIVE

beneficial, valuable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advantageous appropriate convenient effective favorable fruitful good handy helpful practical pragmatic profitable proper suitable

STRONG

utile

WEAK

all-purpose applied brave commodious fit functional instrumental meet of assistance of service of use practicable propitious purposive salutary serviceable subsidiary suited toward

Antonyms

STRONGEST

awkward bad disadvantageous disagreeable harmful hurtful impotent improper inappropriate incapable inconvenient injurious misbehaving unacceptable unfitting unhandy unhelpful unproductive unskilled unsuitable unsuited useless worthless

WEAK

unusable unvaluable

Example Sentences

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You might even want to write out a designated jobs list so everyone feels seen and useful.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

That’s especially useful during a global event like the World Cup—when even the most devoted soccer fan is hard-pressed to keep track of every group-stage result, knockout permutation, and concurring match windows.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

The two still had dealings in 2014 – a long time, some might say, to discover Epstein wasn't providing any useful assistance for the foundation.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Wang’s “Five Tiger Generals” are particularly useful targets in that context.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But the fingerprint on the glass pane could still be useful.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

useful

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