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Thesaurus: convenient

Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.

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  1. v. i. Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.
  2. v. i. Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools.
  3. v. i. Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season.
  4. v. i. Near at hand; easy of access.
  5. adj. suited to your comfort or purpose or needs
  6. adj. large and roomy (‘convenient’ is archaic in this sense)
  7. 1. Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate. [Archaic] Feed me with food convenient for me. Prov. xxx. 8. Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient. Eph. v. 4. 2. Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools. 3. Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season. Acts xxiv. 25. 4. Near at hand; easy of access. [Colloq.] Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. Thackeray. Syn. -- Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious.
  8. j:100 a. suited to your comfort or purpose or needs