Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

convenient

/kənˈvi.njənt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: con-ve-nient
IPA: /kənˈvi.njənt/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.

adj

Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.

adj

Fit; suitable; appropriate.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Fast food might be convenient, but it's also very unhealthy."
"'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.'"
"Some re-arrangement of equipment in the driving cars has produced a more convenient working space for the driver."
"How convenient that you caught a cold the night before your essay was due."
"Feed me with food convenient for me."
"Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient."

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: convenient, conveniēns

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kənˈvi.njənt/
British English: /kənˈviː.niənt/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more convenient (comparative) most convenient (superlative)

Derived Forms

convenientness disconvenient nonconvenient overconvenient superconvenient ultraconvenient unconvenient

Frequently Paired Words

convene convenience conveniently supervenient

Synonyms

expedient simple easy commodious

Antonyms

inconvenient

Rhymes With

inconvenient

Questions

How do you pronounce convenient?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈvi.njənt/.
What does convenient mean?: Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
Where does convenient come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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