English Online Dictionary. What means useful? What does useful mean?
English
Alternative forms
- usefull
Etymology
From use + -ful.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjuːsfəl/, [ˈjuːsfl̩]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjusfəl/, [ˈjusfl̩]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈjʉːːsfəl/, [ˈjʉːːsfl̩]
Adjective
useful (comparative more useful or usefuller, superlative most useful or usefullest)
- Having a practical or beneficial use.
- Synonyms: noteful, salutary, serviceable, utilitarian, utile
- Antonyms: unuseful, useless, unusable, unutilizable, inutile (obsolete)
Usage notes
- Prepositions: useful is used in useful for <purpose>, useful for <person> and useful to <person>. The words useful to are also found in constructions such as It is useful to do, in which to marks an infinitive rather than being a preposition.