convenient

con·ve·nient

adjective \kən-ˈvēn-yənt\

Definition of CONVENIENT

1

obsolete : suitable, proper

2

a : suited to personal comfort or to easy performance <meeting at a convenient time>

b : suited to a particular situation <a convenient excuse>

c : affording accommodation or advantage <found it convenient to deal with both problems at the same time>

3

: being near at hand : close <a location convenient to the train station>

— con·ve·nient·ly adverb

Examples of CONVENIENT

1. When is a convenient time for you to meet?
2. The controls are located in a convenient spot on the dashboard.
3. It might be more convenient to use a calculator, rather than adding the numbers yourself.
4. a convenient method of cleaning windows
5. Schools, churches, and stores are all convenient from here.
6. The power failure was a convenient excuse to leave work early.
7. The economic recession gave lawmakers a convenient pretext for passing the bill.
8. “You know, you have a very convenient way, Alsi, of forgetting what happened two minutes ago.” —Zadie Smith, White Teeth, (2000) 2001
9. It was more convenient to take my meals in bed, where all I had to do was push away my tray with its uneaten food and fall back upon my pillows … —Stanley Elkin, Harper's, January 1993
10. … at last, after a dreadful struggle in a difficult place where there seemed to be no convenient branches at all, he got near the top. —J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 1937
11. The Horses I would have you send to some good pasture … if you can find one convenient. —George Washington, 10 May 1756, in The Papers of George Washington, 1984

Origin of CONVENIENT

Middle English, from Latin convenient-, conveniens, from present participle of convenire to assemble, come together, be suitable, from com- + venire to come — more at come

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CONVENIENT

Synonyms

accessible, handy, reachable, at hand, to hand

Antonyms

inaccessible, inconvenient, unhandy, unreachable, untouchable

Related Words

close, near, nearby, nigh; abutting, adjacent, adjoining; approachable, attainable, getatable, obtainable; ultraconvenient

Near Antonyms

away, distant, far, faraway, far-off, remote, removed; unapproachable, unattainable, unavailable, unobtainable

Rhymes with CONVENIENT

prevenient