Dictionary

convenient en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kənˈviː.niənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [kənˈvɪi.niənt] (Australia)
• /kənˈvi.njənt/ (Canada, General-American)
• /kənˈviː.niənt/ (Australia)
• /kənˈviː.niənt/ (New-Zealand)
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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.

Meanings

1. Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
   • Some re-arrangement of equipment in the driving cars has produced a more convenient working space for the driver. 1957 October 14, “Prototype Tube Trains For London Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 688:
   • 'If you please, m'm,' said Chloe at the door, 'there's the detective here again, and he would like to see the master if it's convenient.' 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
   • Fast food might be convenient, but it's also very unhealthy.
2. Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.
   • How convenient that you caught a cold the night before your essay was due.
3. (obsolete) Fit; suitable; appropriate.
   • Feed me with food convenient for me. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 30:8:
   • […] continual drinking is most convenient to the distemper of an hydropick body, though most disconvenient to its present welfare. 1640, Edward Reynolds, A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man:
   • Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ephesians 5:4:

Forms

Antonyms

inconvenient

Deriveds

convenientness · overconvenient · disconvenient · superconvenient · unconvenient · nonconvenient · ultraconvenient

Relateds

supervenient · convenience · convene · conveniently

Synonyms

simple · expedient · easy

Translations (92)

nl gelegen (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · gl conveniente (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · nl handig (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · fr pratique (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · hi सुविधाजनक (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · cs pohodlný (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · sh ȕdoban (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · nl geschikt (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · is hentugur (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · de günstig (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · tr rahat (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · eo oportuna (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ka შესაფერისი (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · de genehm (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · tr uygun (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · vi tiện lợi (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · pt cômodo (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · uk зру́чний (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ko 편리하다 (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · pt cómodo (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · he נוח (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · de praktisch (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · eo konvena (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ka კომფორტული (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · fr commode (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · hy հարմար (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · sa सुगम (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ka სათანადო (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · sk pohodlný (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · tr münasip (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · mk удобен (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · bg удо́бен (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ga áiseach (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ca convenient (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · tr muvâfık (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · pt conveniente (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · be зру́чны (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ko 편하다 (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · fr convénient (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ga sásta (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · de gelegen (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · it conveniente (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · de einfach (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · no praktisk (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · fi mukava (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · it comodo (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · eu egoki (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · sv praktisk (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · de passend (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · grc εὐμαρής (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · sh зго̏дан (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ga acrach (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ka მოსახერხებელი (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · la opportūnus (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · mk по́годен (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · gd goireasach (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · nrf c'mode (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · tr elverişli (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ga áisiúil (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · cmn 方便 (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ka მოხერხებული (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · hu kényelmes (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · la commodus (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · es cómodo (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ar مُلَائِم (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ba уңайлы (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · pdt hendich (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · fi sopiva (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · tr kullanışlı (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · mk зго́ден (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · es conveniente (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ja 便利 (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ia conveniente (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · eu eroso (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · fi kätevä (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · pl dogodny (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · mt konvenjenti (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · bg улесняващ (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ru удо́бный (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · cy cyfleus (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ro comod (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · he נוחה (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · ar مُنَاسِب (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · sh zgȍdan (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · de bequem (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · mk по́волен (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · sl udoben (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · el βολικός (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · lv ērts (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · sh у̏добан (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient) · nl gemakkelijk (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient)