English Explanatory Dictionary

convenient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
  2. Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.
  3. Fit; suitable; appropriate.

Pronunciation

/kənˈviːniənt/ /kənˈvinjənt/ en-us-convenient.ogg

Word forms

convenient more convenient most convenient

Etymology

From Middle English convenient, from Latin conveniēns (“fit, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō, convinīre (“to come together, suit”); see convene and compare covenant.

Synonyms

expedient simple easy

Antonyms

inconvenient

Related words

convene convenience conveniently supervenient

Derived words

convenientness disconvenient nonconvenient superconvenient ultraconvenient unconvenient
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