| Main Entry: | avail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | use |
Synonyms: |
account, advantage, applicability, appropriateness, fitness, service, usefulness |
| Main Entry: | avail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be of use; use |
Synonyms: |
account, advantage, answer, be adequate, benefit, fill, fulfill, meet, profit, satisfy, serve, suffice, work |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform service |
Synonyms: |
afford, aid, arrange, assist, avail, benefit, bow, comfort, convenience, defer, favor, furnish, gratify, help, humor, indulge, oblige, pamper, please, provide, serve, settle, submit, suit, supply, support, sustain, yield |
Antonyms: |
bar, block, frustrate, hinder, impede, limit, obstruct, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
Synonyms: |
aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, pre-eminence, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand, utility, wealth |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, profit |
Synonyms: |
account, aid, asset, assistance, avail, benediction, betterment, blessing, boon, cream*, egg in one's beer, extras, favor, gain, godsend, good, gravy, help, interest, perk*, profit, prosperity, use, welfare, worth |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage, handicap, harm, hindrance, hurt, loss, misfortune |
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, enhance |
Synonyms: |
advance, advantage, aid, ameliorate, assist, avail, be good for, better, build, contribute to, do for one, do the trick, favor, fill the bill, further, improve, make a killing, make it, pay, pay off, profit, promote, relieve, serve, succor, work for |
Antonyms: |
handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | convenience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | availability, usefulness; useful thing |
Synonyms: |
accessibility, accessory, accommodation, advancement, advantage, agreeableness, aid, amenity, appliance, appropriateness, assistance, avail, benefit, comfort, comforts, contribution, cooperation, decency, ease, enjoyment, facility, fitness, furtherance, handiness, help, life, luxury, means, ministration, ministry, openness, opportuneness, promotion, receptiveness, relief, satisfaction, service, serviceability, succor, suitability, suitableness, support, time saver, use, utility |
Antonyms: |
inconvenience, inexpedience, inutility, unsuitability, uselessness, waste |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be sufficient |
Synonyms: |
answer, avail, be adequate, be enough, be good enough for, be of use, be useful, give satisfaction, pass muster, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute, work towards an end |
Synonyms: |
avail, befall, chance, come, concur, conduce, develop, eventuate, fall out, fare, happen, incline, lead to, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, result, serve, tend, transpire, turn, turn out, wax, work out |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, benefit |
Synonyms: |
asset, avail, behalf, benediction, blessing, boon*, commonwealth, favor, gain, godsend, good fortune, interest, nugget, plum, prize, profit, prosperity, service, treasure, use, usefulness, welfare, well-being, windfall |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage |