convenience
convenience is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 38 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation. Thus necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow chairs. Cowper. We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own conveniency. Jer. Taylor.
- 2.That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation. A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences. Swift.
- 3.A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- away
- big
- calm
- deliberate
- deliberately
- ease
- end
- hanging
- haste
- have
- heavy
- holiday
- hour
- hours
- hurry
- idle
- inaction
- leisure
- leisurely
- loose
- man
- master
- move
- quiet
- relaxation
- repose
- rest
- rush
- slow
- slowly
- spare
- take
- the
- time
- undue
- vacant
- while
- without
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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