utility
English Thesaurus
1. the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | service, |
| definition | : | work done by one person or group that benefits another (noun.act) |
2. a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | facility, installation, |
| definition | : | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | plumbing, plumbing system, |
| definition | : | utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage (noun.artifact) |
3. the quality of being of practical use (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | quality, |
| definition | : | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | detergence, detergency, |
| definition | : | detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | helpfulness, |
| definition | : | the property of providing useful assistance (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | use, |
| definition | : | a particular service (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | instrumentality, |
| definition | : | the quality of being instrumental for some purpose (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | practicality, |
| definition | : | concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities (noun.attribute) |
| attribute | : | useful, utile, |
| definition | : | being of use or service (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | useless, |
| definition | : | having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully (adj.all) |
4. (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | device driver, driver, |
| definition | : | (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | diagnostic program, |
| definition | : | a program that recognizes and explains faults in the equipment or mistakes in a computer program (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | input program, |
| definition | : | a utility program that organizes the input to a computer (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | output program, |
| definition | : | a utility program that organizes the output of a computer (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | trace program, |
| definition | : | a utility program that exhibits the sequence and results of executing the instructions in another program (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | computer science, computing, |
| definition | : | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition) |
5. a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | service, |
| definition | : | a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation (noun.group) |
6. (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice (noun.quantity)
| hypernym | : | metric, system of measurement, |
| definition | : | a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | marginal utility, |
| definition | : | (economics) the amount that utility increases with an increase of one unit of an economic good or service (noun.quantity) |
| domain category | : | economic science, economics, political economy, |
| definition | : | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management (noun.cognition) |
7. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team (adj.all)
| similar | : | secondary, |
| definition | : | being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate (adj.all) |
8. used of beef; usable but inferior (adj.all)
| similar | : | inferior, |
| definition | : | of low or inferior quality (adj.all) |
9. the quality of being of practical use (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize, |
| definition | : | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | useful, utile, |
| definition | : | being of use or service (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | utilitarian, |
| definition | : | having utility often to the exclusion of values (adj.all) |
10. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team (adj.all)
11. the quality of being of practical use (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize, |
| definition | : | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | useful, utile, |
| definition | : | being of use or service (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | utilitarian, |
| definition | : | having utility often to the exclusion of values (adj.all) |
12. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team (adj.all)
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