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Antonyms for convenience
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuhn-veen-yuhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈvin yəns |
Definition of convenience
Origin :- late 14c., "agreement, conformity," from Latin convenientia "meeting together, agreement, harmony," from conveniens, present participle of convenire (see convene). Meaning "suitable, adapted to existing conditions" is from c.1600; that of "personally not difficult" is from 1703.
- noun availability, usefulness; useful thing
- noun spare time
- For convenience and economy, these jars or cans should be labeled.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- And we are to go--you and I--as soon as it suits your convenience to be able to travel.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- There's no inconvenience but has its convenience, said Betty, giving me proverb for proverb.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Let me tell you, Sir, you cannot have the convenience without the inconvenience.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Those who marry for love seldom so happy as those who marry for convenience.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I am with him because it happens from particular circumstances to suit my convenience.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- I was just about to say, that for the convenience of posting you had better make it gold.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- I want a long talk, and a quiet talk; but I must suit my convenience to yours.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- Always, as far as your means allow, have every convenience for cooking.
- Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
- Maybe he keeps that wagon out there all the time for convenience.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
Synonyms for convenience
- accessibility
- accessory
- accommodation
- advancement
- advantage
- agreeableness
- aid
- amenity
- appliance
- appropriateness
- assistance
- avail
- benefit
- chance
- comfort
- comforts
- contribution
- cooperation
- decency
- ease
- enjoyment
- facility
- fitness
- freedom
- furtherance
- handiness
- help
- hour
- leisure
- liberty
- life
- luxury
- means
- ministration
- ministry
- occasion
- one's own sweet time
- openness
- opportuneness
- opportunity
- place
- preference
- promotion
- receptiveness
- relief
- satisfaction
- service
- serviceability
- spare moment
- succor
- suitability
- suitable time
- suitableness
- support
- time saver
- use
- utility
- whenever
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