Definitions for: Convenient

[adj] easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener"
[adj] large and roomy; "a commodious harbor"; "a commodious building suitable for conventions"; (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
[adj] suited to your comfort or purpose or needs; "a convenient excuse for not going"

Webster (1913) Definition: Con*ven"ient (?; 277), a. [L. conveniens, -entis,
suitable, p. pr. of convenire to be suitable, to come. See
Convene, v. i.]
1. Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.
[Archaic]

Feed me with food convenient for me. --Prov. xxx.
8.

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor
jesting, which are not convenient. --Eph. v. 4.

2. Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use;
handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or
tools.

3. Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion;
a convenient season. --Acts xxiv. 25.

4. Near at hand; easy of access. [Colloq.]

Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for
burning. --Thackeray.

Syn: Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly;
commodious.

Synonyms: accessible, commodious, favorable, favourable, handy, opportune, ready to hand(p), roomy, spacious

Antonyms: incommodious, inconvenient

See Also: expedient

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