 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Usefulness \Use"ful*ness\, noun The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage. --Addison.
Syn: Utility; value; profit. See {Utility}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
usefulness
noun: the quality of being of practical use [syn: {utility}] [ant: {inutility}, {inutility}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "usefulness": account, advantage, advantageousness, advisability, agreeableness, applicability, appropriateness, auspiciousness, availability, beneficialness, benefit, benevolence, benignity, class, cogency, convenience, decency, desert, desirability, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, excellence, expedience, expediency, fairness, favorableness, feasibility, fineness, first-rateness, fitness, fittingness, fruitfulness, functionality, gain, goodliness, goodness, grace, healthiness, help, helpfulness, kindness, merit, niceness, operability, opportuneness, percentage, pleasantness, point, politicness, practicability, practical utility, practicality, profit, profitability, profitableness, propriety, prudence, purpose, purposefulness, quality, relevance, rewardingness, rightness, seasonableness, seemliness, service, serviceability, skillfulness, soundness, suitability, superiority, timeliness, usability, use, utility, utilizability, validity, value, virtue, virtuousness, wholeness, wisdom, worth, worthwhileness
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |