Hypertext Webster Gateway: "convenient"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Convenient \Con*ven"ient\ (?; 277), a. [L. conveniens, -entis,
suitable, p. pr. of convenire to be suitable, to come. See
{Convene}, v. i.]
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

convenient
adj 1: suited to your comfort or purpose or needs; "a convenient
excuse for not going" [ant: {inconvenient}]
2: easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener" [syn:
{handy}, {ready to hand(p)}]
3: large and and roomy; "a commodious harbor"; "a commodious
building suitable for conventions"; (`convenient' is
archaic in this sense) [syn: {commodious}] [ant: {incommodious}]

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