'Convenience' definitions:
Definition of 'convenience'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being suitable or opportune; "chairs arranged for his own convenience"
noun
The quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan" [ant: inconvenience]
noun
A toilet that is available to the public [syn: public toilet, comfort station, public convenience, convenience, public lavatory, restroom, toilet facility, wash room]
noun
A device or control that is very useful for a particular job [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget]
Definition of 'Convenience'
From: GCIDE
- Convenience \Con*ven"ience\ (?; 106), Conveniency \Con*ven"ien*cy\, n. [L. convenientia agreement, fitness. See Convenient.]
- 1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. [1913 Webster]
- Let's further think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation. [1913 Webster]
- Thus necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow chairs. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own conveniency. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation. [1913 Webster]
- A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'convenience'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- accommodation,
- adaptability,
- advantage,
- advantageousness,
- advisability,
- amenity,
- appliance,
- appropriateness,
- appurtenance,
- auspiciousness,
- avail,
- backhouse,
- basement,
- bathroom,
- behalf,
- behoof,
- beneficialness,
- benefit,
- can,
- chargedness,
- closet,
- comfort,
- comfort station,
- commodiousness,
- coziness,
- crapper,
- criticality,
- crucialness,
- cushioniness,
- decency,
- desirability,
- drive,
- ductility,
- earth closet,
- ease,
- easiness,
- engine,
- enginery,
- expedience,
- expediency,
- facility,
- favor,
- favorableness,
- feasibility,
- felicitousness,
- fitness,
- fittingness,
- fixture,
- flexibility,
- free time,
- freedom,
- friendliness,
- fruitfulness,
- goof-off time,
- handiness,
- head,
- homelikeness,
- homeliness,
- homeyness,
- hospitality,
- idle hours,
- interest,
- john,
- johnny,
- johnny house,
- latrine,
- lavatory,
- leisure,
- loadedness,
- loo,
- luxuriousness,
- machine,
- machinery,
- malleability,
- manageability,
- manageableness,
- maneuverability,
- mechanical aid,
- mechanical device,
- mechanism,
- meetness,
- motive power,
- motor,
- necessary,
- odd moments,
- opportuneness,
- outhouse,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- percentage,
- pliability,
- pliancy,
- point,
- politicness,
- powder room,
- power plant,
- power source,
- practicality,
- pregnancy,
- privy,
- profit,
- profitability,
- propitiousness,
- propriety,
- prudence,
- repose,
- reposefulness,
- rest,
- rest room,
- restfulness,
- retirement,
- rightness,
- ripeness,
- roominess,
- seasonableness,
- seemliness,
- semiretirement,
- service,
- snugness,
- softness,
- spare time,
- suitability,
- throne,
- time,
- time to kill,
- time to spare,
- timeliness,
- toilet,
- toilet room,
- untroublesomeness,
- urinal,
- use,
- usefulness,
- utility,
- value,
- warmness,
- washroom,
- water closet,
- WC,
- wieldableness,
- wieldiness,
- wisdom,
- worth,
- worthwhileness