convenient
- 1Easy to use or reach, and helpful for saving you time or effort.
Like having a trash can right next to your desk, so you never have to get up.
The new store is convenient because it sits right next to the bus stop.
We picked a convenient time so that everyone could attend the meeting.
Similareasy, simple, expedient
Oppositeinconvenient
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- 2Suiting someone's plans so well that it seems too easy to be honest.
Like a kid who suddenly can't find their shoes right when it's time to clean up.
It was very convenient that he remembered the rule only after he had already won.
Her sudden illness on the morning of the exam seemed a little too convenient.
Similarexpedient, opportune, timely, suspicious
Oppositeinconvenient
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- 3Right and fitting for a certain purpose or occasion.
Feed me with food convenient for me.
1611, The Holy Bible, King James VersionHere, convenient means right and suitable.Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient.
1611, The Holy Bible, King James VersionHere, convenient means proper or fitting.Note
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Origin
From Latin conveniens, meaning 'fit' or 'suitable', which came into Middle English as convenient.