Words / B1

k-uh-n-VEEN-ee-uh-nt/kənˈviːniənt/

Convenient means easy to use or well placed for your needs: convenient for the station; a convenient time. Comfortable is about feeling physically at ease, not about location. Handy is informal. Inconvenient is the opposite, a favourite complaint word. Convenience is the noun: at your convenience (formal emails). A convenience store is a small local shop.

Meaning

Easy to use or well placed for your needs.

Examples

• “The shop is convenient for the station.”
• “Is Friday convenient for the meeting?”
• “Online banking is convenient but not always safe.”

Good to know

convenient for + place. a convenient time. Opposite: inconvenient. Informal: handy.

Near in meaning

handy

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