Dictionary entry

Convenient

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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.

Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning.

Thackeray.

Syn. — Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious.